Listening Session #5 (Tape 2)
Each week, you will engage in a listening session to become familiar with music from different eras and different jazz genres.
This week, in Part 2 of Tape #2, you will listen to songs 6-10.
Artist | Title | Instrumentation | Notes |
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Tadd Dameron and Fats Navarro |
“Lady Bird”
|
Trumpet, saxophones, piano, bass, drums | Spectacular trumpet player and gifted bop composer. |
Miles Davis | “Boplicity” | Trumpet, alto sax, baritone sax, French horn, tuba, piano, bass, drums | “Birth of the Cool” Short solos from Mulligan, Davis, and Lewis. |
Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz | “Sub-conscious Lee” | Alto sax, guitar, piano, bass, drums | Contrafact for “What Is This Thing Called Love?” |
Sarah Vaughan |
“All alone” |
voice and big band | Great pipes! |
Thelonious Monk | “Criss Cross” | alto sax, vibes, piano, bass, drums |
thematic composition and improvisation |
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TAPE #2
- Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian: I Found a New Baby
- Duke Ellington: Cotton Tail
- Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Shaw ‘Nuff
- Charlie Parker: Parker’s Mood
- Bud Powell Trio: A Night In Tunisia
- Tadd Dameron Sextet featuring Fats Navarro: Lady Bird
- Miles Davis: Boplicity
- Lennie Tristano Quintet featuring Lee Konitz: Subconscious Lee
- Sarah Vaughan: All Alone
- Thelonious Monk: Criss-Cross
- Horace Silver Quintet: Moon Rays
- Miles Davis with Gil Evans Orchestra: Summertime
- Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan: That Old Feeling
- Charles Mingus Quintet: Haitian Fight Song
- Modern Jazz Quartet: Django
- Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown: Pent-up House