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TRIVIA FACT
On this record Miles takes seven choruses in a passionate
vein. This album clearly marks a break from Miles’ dancing around
eggshells style he unfolded a few years earlier in the “Birth of
the Cool.”
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Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane
Before the dramatic arrival of John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins
was the undisputed “Hard Bop” tenor saxophone influence.
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1959- Modal Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
One of the largest selling jazz records of all time.
TRIVIA FACT
Name 5 big name trumpet players in New Orleans from
1905-1915?
?Buddy Bolden
?Bunk Johnson
?King Oliver
?Freddie Keppard
?Henry Allen (Henry “Red” Allens father)
TRIVIA QUESTION
Who was most likely in Duke Ellington’s trumpet section in
the 1950’s?
Cat Anderson
Clark Terry
Willie Cook
Ray Nance
Probably: Harold Baker
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Who would most likely be in the rhythm section for Charlie
Parker?
?Piano – Duke Jordan, Al Haig, Dodo Marmarosa
?Bass – Tommy Potter, Ray Brown
?Drums – Max Roach, Kenny Clarke
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Who was most likely in Duke Ellington’s trumpet section in
the 1960’s?
Cootie Williams
Cat Anderson
Mercer Ellington
Herbie Jones
TRIVIA FACT
Who was most likely in Count Basie’s trumpet section in the
1950’s?
Snooky Young
Thad Jones
Joe Newman
Wendell Culley
TRIVIA QUESTION
Who were members of the1952 Stan Kenton Trumpet Section?
Conti Candoli
Maynard Ferguson
Buddy Childers
Don Dennis
Reuben McFall
TRIVIA QUESTION
The longest standing jazz quartet, The Modern Jazz Quartet
grew out of the bebop era and was formed in 1952. It stayed
together longer than any other group without personnel change.
John Lewis – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Connie Kay (originally Kenny Clark) – Drums
Milt Jackson – Vibes
TRIVIA FACT
Trumpet player Clifford Brown dies in 1956at age 25.
Clifford Brown’s death in a car accident at the age of 25 was
one of the great tragedies in jazz history. Already ranking with
Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis as one of the top trumpeters in
jazz, Brownie was still improving in 1956. Plus, he was a clean
liver and was not even driving; the up-and-coming pianist Richie
Powell and his wife (who was driving) also perished in the crash.
TRIVIA FACT
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