Music 271: 4/27/07 (Last Day!) II: “Modern Jazz” or “Bebop”: A: Principal players: • Tenor Sax: Charlie Parker • Trumpet: John Gillespie (Dizzy Gillespie) • Piano: Thelonious Monk • Drums: Max Roach B: Harmonic and melodic inventions and their impact: • Music driven by improvisation, with minimal constraints on the performers (regulated jam sessions) • “Koko” - built upon the chords of a tune by British band leader Ray Nolan (Cherokee) • Standard of Improvisation • Stole a large portion of the Big Band audience III: Derivative jazz styles: A: Hard Bop (after 1955): remains the standard style of modern Jazz (Miles Davis, John Coltrane) B: Third Stream (after 1959): Mix of Jazz and Art music C: Free Jazz (after 1959): led by Ornette Coleman, all elements of jazz should be improvised on the spot (similar to chance music by John Cage). 37-min long free jazz performance by 8 performers IV: Jazz-Rock Fusion (1969 - ): • British Invasion, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan were big on the rock scene • Fusion attempted to marry the two genres • Miles Davis was one of the first to experiment with this (GB: p.86)