MUSC 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Johnny Hodges, Melba Liston, Traditional Pop Music
13 Dec 2016
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Arpeggio: the notes of a chord played in succession, either ascending or descending. Double time: a type of meter and tempo or rhythmic feel. It is also associated with specific time signatures such as 2/2. In jazz the term means using note values twice as fast as previously but without changing the pace of the chord progressions. Captured an informal letting-go by musicians in an environment free of. In 1934, he signed with jack hylton to tour england. He ended up living in europe for 5 years. He returned to the us in 1939 weeks before germany invaded poland: (cid:862)body and oul(cid:863) it is a pinnacle in jazz improvisation. Scored on the pop charts for 6 weeks in the beginning of 1940 the idea of improvising on the harmonic foundation of songs advanced the development of modern jazz as it emerged after the war. The hawkins school: ben webster (1909-1973) used hawkins as his muse.
