Jazz History

The group of players whose band function is accompanying.

Mainly pianists, bassists and drummers

An ensemble of ten or more players

A written piece of music

A fast-paced artist centered style of Jazz

Jazz improv using the human voice as an instrument with nonsense syllables as words

A style of bass line in which each beat of each measure recieves a seperate tone, creating a moving sequence of quater note in the bass range.

A single playing through of the structure being used to organize the music in an improvisation

To play stylistcally like you were singin

The portion of a piece in which all band members stop playing except the one who improves a solo.

Left-handed style used by early jazz pianists. Usually employs a bass note on the first a third beats and a chord on the second and fourth beat of each measure.

When an artist strips the melody and plays his/her own tune

Syncopated chording which provides improvised accompaniment for simultaneously improvised solos, flexibly complementing the rhythms and implied harmonies of the solo line

Stress on a portion of the measure least expected to recieve stress (off beats)