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Free Jazz
avant garde jazz from 1960s, improv that is free from preset chord progressions, difficult to follow, usually no piano, drums used as voice
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Jazz Rock Fusion
Miles Davis (Bitches Brew), popular in 70s, next popular genre since Swing, electronic instruments
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Modal Jazz
Miles Davis (Kind of Blue), John Coltrane (My Favorite Things), guided by notes in scales
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Acid Jazz
dance music by DJs, sampling, looping, dubbing
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Race Records
music marketed to black people
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Smooth Jazz
80s jazz, appealed to listeners, minimalism, pop, new age, less challenging, Kenny G.
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Ornette Coleman
Alto sax, Free Jazz, freedom from preset chords, set tempo, written melodies
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Cecil Taylor
pianist, complex musical textures, unit structures, jagged and dense comping, no swing feeling
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Bill Evans
pianist, most influential, smooth and subtle, used modes in composition
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Miles Davis
Trumpet, quintet one of best combo bands, pioneered Modal jazz and Rock Fusion
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John Coltrane
Tenor/soprano sax, dark and biting tone, speed, giant steps, dense imrovs
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Chick Corea
Pianist, Return to Forever: jazz rock fusion Spanish themes, Electrik Band: more rock and keyboard rhythms
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Herbie Hancock
pianist, Miles Davis Quintet, known for originality, singable, pop influence, iconic 80’s dance songs (animatronics)
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John McLaughlin
British fusion guitarist, syncopations typical of rock, rock effects, sounds hard and metallic. Mahavishnu Orchestra (Indian influence)
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Weather Report
band founded by Joe Zawinul: keyboard, Wayne Shorter: tenor sax, Miles Davis Quintet, Miroslav Vitous (guitar), Jaco Pastorius (bass). Lots of improv, rhythm/melody came from any member, no difference between solo and accompaniment
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