ETHNOMUS 50A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Tommy Dorsey
9 Jun 2018
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Ethno Notes /7 ~ /
Swing Era
• Trumpet players
o Roy Eldridge (1911-1989)
▪ Also known as Little jazz
▪ Known for having a powerful tone sound
▪ Considered to be the link between Louis Armstrong and modern jazz
▪ Be-bop trumpet players will point to Roy Eldridge as their inspiration
▪ Had great agility/control in the high note ranges
• Trombone players
o Jack Teagarden
o Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
▪ Bandleader and trombonist
▪ Brother of Jimmy Dorsey, who was a saxophonist
• Co-led Dorsey Brothers Band
o Lawrence Brown
o Bill Harris (1916-1973)
• Saxophonists
o Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969)
▪ Tenor saxophonist
▪ Considered to be the first important saxophone soloist
▪ Listen to Body & Soul
▪ Described as having a chugging sound and robust sounds
▪ Had great technique, the agility of his finger movements
▪ Had an inexhaustible storage of ideas (improvisations)
o Dawn Byas (1912-1972)
▪ Tenor saxophonist
▪ Played with a greater harmonic sophistication
o Benny Cartar (1907-2003)
▪ Alto saxophonist
o Lester Young (1909-1959)
▪ Very much revered like Coleman Hawkins
▪ Both thought to be influential in the bebop musicians
▪ Airy tone
▪ Biggest influences on Lester was Frankie Traumbauer
▪ Featured soloist for Court Basie Orchestra
• Piano Players
o Art Tatum (1909-1956)
▪ One of the most admired pianist in history
▪ Hard to be categorized as just swing piaist
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