modal jazz
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Modal Jazz
By Dan Mariska and Chris Misa
History
• Response to complex chord progressions of bebop and hard bop– Soloists focused intensely on playing each
chord - hard to improvise
• Composers and musicians like George Russell began experimenting with modal approach to improvisation
Theory
• Songs written around modes• Player’s focused on the melody they were
playing not the chords• Gave piano and bass players more freedom
in backing and interacting with soloists• Players also could use non-diatonic notes to
control, create, or build tension
Players
• Miles Davis– All Blues
– So What
• John Coltrane– Impressions
– Crescent
• Bill Evans
More Modal Players
• Cannonball Adderley• Paul Chambers• McCoy Tyner• Jimmy Garrison
Later:• Michael Brecker• Steve Grossman
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