MSM Jazz History 4

Ornette Coleman's early composition "Jayne" is based upon the chord changes of this standard

All of the following describe Cecil Taylor's piano technique EXCEPT

Pianist Bill Evans referred to the time-feel of his trio, where the pulse was implied, as

All of the following are true of Miles Davis's early life EXCEPT

All of the following are true of the group Oregon EXCEPT

In 1954, Miles Davis helped establish hard bop with a series of recordings, including this tune

Which is NOT one of the four albums Miles Davis made for Prestige to finish his contract?

The term harmolodics first appeared in the liner notes of this orchestral work

Which alternative term for avant-garde jazz was inspired by the title of an album by Ornette?

At the end of his life, Coltrane recorded the album Interstellar Space, a duo with drummer:

T/F: Mahavishny Orchestra's first studio recording was Birds of Fire

The first studio recording of the 1960's Miles Quintet was titled ___ and recorded in the year:

All of the following are characteristics of postbop as exemplified by Miles' 2nd quintet EXCEPT

T/F: John Coltrane played in an ensemble led by Johnny Hodges in 1954

Which former Miles Davis band member formed the band Return to Forever, embraced electric keys

T/F: The record label ECM stands for European Classical Music

All of the following are true of Kind of Blue EXCEPT:

All of the following are characteristics of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" EXCEPT:

Bill Evans recorded his composition "Waltz for Debby" in this year for this album

T/F: In Ornette's approach to improv, melody/rhythm are improvised; harmony follows the song

T/F: The titles of Ornette's album for Atlantic from 59-61 expressed a challenging attitude

John Coltrane's first commercially issued recording was this piece with Dizzy Gillespie

All of the following are true of Ornette Coleman's early reception in New York EXCEPT:

T/F: The Miles Davis Quintet from the 1950's debuted at the Village Gate in 1954

All of the following are characteristics of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" EXCEPT:

From the fall of 1946 to 1952, Trane studies at this school with guitarist/composer ___

Pianist Herbie Hancock spent his formative years in Chicago, but came to New York in 1962 with

Which production technique did Miles Davis rely on for his 1960s and 1970s electric music?

Cecil Taylor recorded "Bemsha Swing" in 1956 for this recording on the Transition label:

T/F: Cecil Taylor performed duets with many drummers like Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Sonny Murray

T/F: "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" was composed by Nina Simone

T/F: During one week in Oct 1960, Coltrane recorded music for My Fav Things, Trane Plays Blues

All of the following are true of Albert Ayler's album Spiritual Unity EXCEPT

After the improvised solos on "Trane's Blues," Miles/Trane play the theme of __ recorded by __

All of the following general parameter of avant-garde jazz are correctly described EXCEPT:

T/F: Before leaving Prestige to record for Columbia, Miles recorded 5 albums in 2 sessions

All of the following are true of John McLaughlin EXCEPT

In Sep 1955, John Coltrane was discovered by Miles at the club ___, performing with musician __

The live recording of Ornette playing Klactoveedsedstene was from this club, city, and year

John Lewis arranged to have Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry attend this school, where he taught:

Abstraction had a form of ABA, with the second A a retrograde of the first. This is called a:

In 1955 Miles Davis gained recognition for his version of ___ at the Newport Jazz Festival

This piece by Morton Gould, recorded by Ahmad Jamal in 1955, contains the melody of Impressions

AACM stand for:

Thelonious Monk helped develop bebop with Kenny Clarke as the house pianist at this club

All of the following played in Ornette Coleman's early groups EXCEPT:

T/F: New York Philharmonic conductor Leonard Bernstein proclaimed Ornette Coleman a genius

Before joining the John Coltrane Quartet, pianist McCoy Tyner was performing in this band

In 1958, Miles Davis accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

Around the time of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis said, "I don't play rock, I play ___"

Dec 1960, Ornette recorded this influential album with his double quartet featuring Eric Dolphy

All of the following are true of Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time EXCEPT

Ornette Coleman coined the harmolodic by combining

T/F: John Coltrane's first session as a leader for Prestige Records was recorded in 1955

In 1960, John Coltrane led his own group at the Jazz Gallery. His band included:

T/F: In an interview with Carl-Erik Lindgren in 1960, Trane addressed harsh critical reactions

In addition to the avant-garde, Eric Dolphy was associated with the ____ Stream

T/F: Ornette Coleman's term harmolodic means that musicians may transpose phrases to any key

Cecil Taylor is said to approach the piano as if it were

Why can Ornette Coleman's orchestral work Skies of America never be played the same way twice?

Bill Evans's solo on "Concerto for Billy the Kid" includes this feature of New Orleans jazz

Bill Evans recorded this ten-measure-long composition on Kind of Blue

John Coltrane record this 45-minute performance in 1965 with his rhythm section and 6 horns

The most artistically and commercially successful fusion group of the 1970s was:

T/F: John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme in December 1965

The Miles Davis Quintet's performance of "Orbits" is one example of this style of improvisation

All of the following are true of Keith Jarrett's American quartet EXCEPT

T/F: Chick Corea's piano trio recording, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, came out in 1970

T/F: The term Third Stream was coined by Gunther Schuller in 1959

This Norwegian saxophonist idolized John Coltrane and refused to label anything jazz after BB

All of the following are true of John Coltrane's album Giant Steps EXCEPT

Eric Dolphy single-handedly made the ___ a significant instrument in jazz

T/F: Saxophonist Wayne Shorter replaced George Coleman in the Miles Davis quintet in 1963

The titles of the individual movements for John Coltrane's recording, A Love Supreme, are:

Which fusion artist played tenor, worked with Chico and Cannoball, and hired Keith Jarrett?

All of the following are true of Cecil Taylor's concept of unit structures EXCEPT

All of the following are characteristics of Albert Ayler's music EXCEPT

T/F: As a bandleader Cecil Taylor kept his sketches to himself and taught parts by ear

T/F: Rather than using conventional sheet music, Cecil Taylor used sketches, codes, and arrows

T/F: Bassist Ron Carter began a five year stint with Miles Davis in 1963

Following his performance at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, Davis signed a contract with ____

Albert Ayler recorded his signature piece twice on Spiritual Unity. This composition was:

All of the following are true of Bitches Brew EXCEPT

Ornette Coleman's compositions:

T/F: Albert Ayler's "Ghosts" combines old-time religious fervor, marches, and simple melodies

All of the following are true of hard bop EXCEPT:

All of the following were members of Miles Davis's first great quintet EXCEPT

All of the following were distinctive aspects of Miles Davis's first great quintet EXCEPT

The first Miles recording that we hear Herbie on Rhodes and Ron on electric bass is this tune

All of the following are true of John Coltrane's early life EXCEPT

What 1975 album by Keith Jarrett features his solo piano improvisations, sold more than 4 mil

All of the following are true of Miles Davis's album Filles de Kilimanjaro EXCEPT

T/F: Drummer Tony Williams began performing with Sam Rivers at age 13

T/F: Gunther Schuller's essay on Sonny Rollins was written in Nov 1958 for The Jazz Review

All of the following are characteristic of hard bop EXCEPT:

Pianist ___ is responsible for persuading this record label ___ to sign Ornette Coleman

The decision in Brown v. Board of Education was handed down in:

Lennie Tristano's composition, "Descent Into the Maelstrom, was based on a 1941 short story by:

T/F: After sitting in with Dizzy and Bird as a young man, Miles Davis decided to move to NYC

In Ornette Coleman's approach to improvisation:

What personal meaning did A Love Supreme have for John Coltrane?

Miles Davis gained experience in a new way of improvising from his work on what project in FRA?

Cecil Taylor's album, Unit Structures, was released in the year:

James Blood Ulmer, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Ronald Shannon Jackson played in Ornette's band:

ECM was founded in 1969 by:

T/F: Miles Davis went to Paris with a quintet led by Tadd Dameron in 1949

Ornette Coleman's "Broadway Blues" featured Ornette, Dewey Redman, and these two musicians:

T/F: The form for "Flamenco Sketches" from Kind of Blue remains the same for every soloist

How were the albums by Miles Davis's second great quintet received?

In an incident with pianist Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk had his ___ revoked by the NYPD

The standard, "While My Lady Sleeps" was recorded by John Coltrane in this year for this album

T/F: In harmolodic music, musicians may transpose written phrases to an key or octave

Drummer Tony Williams recorded this album with Jackie McLean in this year for Blue Note Records

Thelonious Monk's historic 1957 performances at the Five Spot included this tenor saxophonist

T/F: Herbie Hancock's Headhunters recording was recorded in 1974

In the preface of Nicolas Slonimsky's book ___, the melody and chords for Giant Steps are found

T/F: Ebony Concerto, composed by Stravinsky, was commissioned by the Woody Herman band

Which aspect of the tenor saxophone did Albert Ayler explore more than other players did?

Pianist Cecil Taylor attended this well known school in 1952

Which of Cecil Taylor's musicians became a sort of translator of his approach to the musicians

All of the following general parameters of avant-garde jazz are described correctly EXCEPT

T/F: Thelonious Monk's longtime saxophonist was John Coltrane

Art Blakey formed the Jazz Messengers quintet with pianist

All of the following are true of Ornette Coleman's early reception in New York EXCEPT

T/F: New York Philharmonic conductor Leonard Bernstein proclaimed Ornette Coleman a genius

T/F: "Frelon Brun" and "Mademoiselle Mabry" are two tunes that were inspired by Betty Mabry

T/F: Ornette Coleman moved to New Orleans in 1951

During the 1940s and 1950s, Miles Davis made all of the following innovations EXCEPT

What was new about Cecil Taylor's way of working with Sonny Murray?

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Miles Davis recorded the tracks that resulted in the album

Ornette Coleman was the first jazz composer to be given the _____ in this year:

Despite the avant-garde's insistence on newness:

All of the following played in Ornette Coleman's early groups EXCEPT:

T/F: Gil Evans did not play an instrument in the Miles Davis Nonet

Ornette Coleman's recording, Sound Grammar, from 2006 was awarded a:

Alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons performed with Cecil Taylor for ___ years

Eric Dolphy was part of bands led by all of the following bandleaders EXCEPT

What was Cecil Taylor's approach to teaching his music to his musicians?

Which of Cecil Taylor's musicians replaced Sonny Murray on drums?

Which producer worked with Miles Davis on the recording/post-production of his electric music?