cool jazz

What Defines Jazz?

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What Defines Jazz? (Entry 1 of 2) 1a : American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. What are the 5 characteristics of jazz? Swing and syncopation. … Improvisation. … Bent notes and innovative

Who Was The Arranger Of The Birth Of The Cool Sessions?

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Who Was The Arranger Of The Birth Of The Cool Sessions? Among them were jazz headliners soon-to-be: Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, Max Roach, John Lewis, the arranger Gil Evans and significantly, the 22-year-old trumpeter Miles Davis, who became the leader of the project. Who was the arranger for the Birth of the Cool recording? They