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Dig (composition)
"Dig" is a bebop jazz standard attributed to Miles Davis by Prestige Records without Davis' knowledge. It was recorded on October 5, 1951 and first released on his album '' The New Sounds''. Its chord sequence is almost identical to that of "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, making it a contrafact. Davis' second recording of the tune on May 9 the following year, this time for Blue Note, was called "Donna" and credited to Jackie McLean, the original composer, who played alto saxophone on both sessions ('' Young Man with a Horn'' and '' Miles Davis Volume 1'').cf. Jack Chambers, ''Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis'', Da Capo Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998 (unabr. paperback ed.), pt. 1, p.158: "''Dig'', credited to Davis, was recorded seven month later as ''Donna'' and credited to McLean; by either title and author, it is a bebop line superimposed on the chord sequence of ''Sweet Georgia Brown''."; Chambers (1998), p.164f: "''Donna'' is a peculi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebop
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous Modulation (music), changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and Jazz improvisation, improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references to the melody. Bebop developed as the younger generation of jazz musicians expanded the creative possibilities of jazz beyond the popular, dance-oriented swing music-style to a new "musician's music" that was not as danceable and demanded close listening.Lott, Eric. Double V, Double-Time: Bebop's Politics of Style. Callaloo, No. 36 (Summer, 1988), pp. 597–605 As bebop was not intended for dancing, it enabled the musicians to play at faster tempos. Bebop musicians explored advanced harmonies, complex syncopation, altered chords, extended chords, cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Davis Volume 1
''Miles Davis, Volumes 1 & 2'' are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis recorded on May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953 and March 6, 1954 and released on Blue Note early 1956. The three sessions were originally released on ten-inch LPs as ''Young Man with a Horn'' (1953), ''Miles Davis, Vol. 2'' (1953) and ''Miles Davis, Vol. 3'' (1954), respectively. Background Personal life ''Volume 1'' was originally released in January 1956 shortly after Davis won the ''DownBeat'' readers poll as best trumpeter and shortly followed in February by ''Volume 2'' (BLP 1502). Release history After 10"s lost the format war, Blue Note began reissuing its Modern Jazz Series on 12"s. The three sessions were subsequently recompiled across ''Miles Davis, Volume 1'' (BLP 1501) and ''Miles Davis, Volume 2'' (BLP 1502), the first of Blue Note's 1500 series, their first one hundred 12" records after they discontinued their line of 10" records. The two volumes were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compositions By Miles Davis
Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include visuals and digital space *Composition (visual arts), the plan, placement or arrangement of the elements of art in a work * ''Composition'' (Peeters), a 1921 painting by Jozef Peeters *Composition studies, the professional field of writing instruction * ''Compositions'' (album), an album by Anita Baker *Digital compositing, the practice of digitally piecing together a still image or video *Musical composition, an original piece of music, or the process of creating a new piece Computer science *Compose key, a key on a computer keyboard *Compositing window manager a component of a computer's graphical user interface that draws windows and/or their borders *Function composition (computer science), an act or mechanism to combine simple functi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Jazz Standards
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1951 Compositions
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List Of Jazz Contrafacts
__NOTOC__ A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing piece, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original tune's progression and song musical form, form will be reused but occasionally just a section (music), section will be reused in the new composition. The term comes from classical music and was first applied to jazz by musicologists in the 1970s and 1980s. Contrafacts by notable jazz artists include: See also * '50s progression References Further reading * * * A less formatted but complete version can be found a''The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin'' * * * * * External links at www.seventhstring.co.uk "Charlie Parker I: – Hot House", article by Bernard Chazelle (Princeton, Collège de France), Sep. 9, 2008 {{Music theory lists Musical techniques Music theory lists, Jazz contrafacts, list of Jazz-related lists, Contrafacts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco (April 10, 1971August 25, 2022) was an American jazz organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and occasional singer. He released more than 30 albums under his own name, and recorded extensively as a sideman with such leading jazz performers as trumpeter Miles Davis, saxophonist Houston Person, and guitarist John McLaughlin. DeFrancesco signed his first record deal at the age of 16 and over the years recorded and toured internationally with David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, Larry Coryell, Frank Wess, Benny Golson, James Moody, Steve Gadd, Danny Gatton, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb, George Benson, Pat Martino, Tony Monaco, John Scofield, Lee Ritenour, Joe Lovano, and had prominent session work with a variety of musicians, including Ray Charles, Bette Midler, Janis Siegel, Diana Krall, Jimmy Smith, and Van Morrison. Early life and education DeFrancesco was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1971. He was born into a musical family that included three gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began playing banjo with his father, then studied piano and saxophone while attending high school in Germantown. He studied drama at Goddard College from 1955 to 1959. He played in a Latin jazz band for a short time before joining the band of avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor. In 1962, he performed with trumpeter Bill Dixon at the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki, Finland. Shepp's first recording under his own name, ''Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet'', was released on Savoy Records in 1963 and features a composition by Ornette Coleman. Along with alto saxophonist John Tchicai and trumpeter Don Cherry (trumpeter), Don Cherry, he formed the New York Contemporary Five. John Coltran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock and many others. Biography Early life and career Byrd was born in 1932 in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. His family came from the African-American middle class, African-American middle-class. His father, Elijah Thomas Byrd, was a Methodism, Methodist minister who greatly valued education and oversaw his son's schooling. His mother, Cornelia Taylor, introduced Byrd to jazz music and it was her brother who gave Byrd his first trumpet. He attended Cass Technical High School. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. During this period, his first professional rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Herman
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ... clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his death in 1987. His bands often played music that was cutting edge and experimental; their recordings received numerous Grammy Award, Grammy nominations. Early life and career Herman was born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 16, 1913. His parents were Otto and Myrtle (Bartoszewicz) Herrmann. His mother was born in Poland. His father had a deep love for show business and this influenced Woody at an early age. As a child, Woody Herman worked as a singer and tap-dancer in vaudeville, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including " St. Thomas", " Oleo", " Doxy", and " Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser". Due to health problems, Rollins has not performed publicly since 2012 and announced his retirement in 2014. Early life Rollins was born in New York City to parents from the Virgin Islands. The youngest of three siblings, he grew up in central Harlem and on Sugar Hill, receiving his first alto saxophone at the age of seven or eight. He attended Edward W. Stitt Junior High School and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in East Harlem. Rollins started as a pianist, then switched to alto saxophone after being inspired by Louis Jordan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Man With A Horn (Miles Davis Album)
''Young Man with a Horn'', also known as ''Miles Davis, Vol. 1'', is the second 10-inch LP by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, recorded at WOR studios on May 9, 1952 and released on Blue Note the following year. Background Personal life ''Young Man with a Horn'' was recorded on May 9, 1952, during Davis's struggles with heroin addiction. The album was the first of three 10" LPs recorded by Davis for Blue Note during the early 1950s. Davis states in his autobiography that his contract for Prestige Records, for whom he had recorded his first LP the previous year, was non-exclusive, but elsewhere he states the initial Prestige contract was for only one year. Release history All cuts were initially issued as singles except "How Deep Is the Ocean." ''Young Man with a Horn'' was also reissued on Vogue in 1954. The original master takes were split and merged with Davis' two other sessions for Blue Note and re-released on 12 inch LPs ''Miles Davis, Vols. 1 & 2'' in January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
