MUSIC 0711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Satchel Paige, Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Progressive Music
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Nathan davis grew up in kansas city where charlie parker also lived. Growing up baseball was very important to davis. Got job as bat boy in kansas city with black league. Greys played their games at forbes field same place and pirates. Forbes field was where posvar hall is now. Posvar hall used to be called forbes quadrangle. Mid 40s time with the blossoming of the jazz concert. Time in 1940s where marian anderson was not permitted to perform because she was black. The sound of big band brass and western european compositional techniques. Concentrated more on compositional styles than previous periods (bebop and swing) The industry"s answer to the decline of bebop. A forerunner of third stream jazz (which was even more intellectual than progressive jazz) Vocal point of progressive jazz was west coast specifically los angles. Latin bands in new york in the forefront. Stan kenton was leader of progressive jazz period.
