Wvu Music 271 Podcast

Music 271: 4/27/07 (Last Day!)II: “Modern Jazz” or “Bebop”: A: Principal players:• Tenor Sax: Charlie Parker• Trumpet: John Gillespie (Dizzy Gillespie)• Piano: Thelonious Monk• Drums: Max Roach B: Harmonic and melodic inventions and their impact:• Music driven by improvisation, with minimal constraints on the performers (regulated jam sessions)• “Koko” - built upon the chords of a tune by British band leader Ray Nolan (Cherokee)• Standard of Improvisation• Stole a large portion of the Big Band audienceIII: Derivative jazz styles:A: Hard Bop (after 1955): remains the standard style of modern Jazz (Miles Davis, John Coltrane) B: Third Stream (after 1959): Mix of Jazz and Art musicC: Free Jazz (after 1959): led by Ornette Coleman, all elements of jazz should be improvised on the spot (similar to chance music by John Cage). 37-min long free jazz performance by 8 performersIV: Jazz-Rock Fusion (1969 - ):• British Invasion, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan were big on the rock scene• Fus