- Who were the first two inventors to develop modular synthesizers?
- Artists who would be considered "good old rock and roll" of the 1980's identified with what image?
- What Michael Jackson/Lionel Ritchie song reflects the idea of charity rock of the 1980's
- A synthesizer which plays audio clips rather than using an oscillator to produce sound is known as a:
- Madonna early imagery was confusing and threatening to certain audiences because of her blending:
- referred to his quintet as "the string group" because three members of his quintet played string instruments
- forecasted the emergence of small, independent jazz record labels, and co-founded Watt Records with Michael Mantler in the early 1970s
- specialized in fusing Eastern European folk music with avant-garde jazz
- an independent record company based in NY during the 1990s, the name of a NY jazz club, and a center of avant-garde music in NY in the 1990s
- classical music, funk music, free jazz, and African dance music
- composer, sound installation artist, nu jazz, electro-acoustic multi-instrumentalist
- composition technique was devised by composer Arnold Schoenberg in the early twentieth century, whereby melodies were built on rows, using all twelve tones of the western chromatic scale
- difficult to categorize jazz musician who formed a punk jazz band, Naked City
- He combined free improvisation with elements of rock, electronica, ambient music, and twentieth-century, avant-garde influences
- True or false: in twelve-tone music, no key center is established since all twelve tones have equal value
- True or false: According to an Internet posting by John Zorn, the idea of Kilayim was to "put Ornette Coleman and the Jewish scales together."
- Lead saxophonist _____ being criticized for not living up the ideal of post-modern bop- his music was rooted in soul funk laced with angular lines and a touch of the avant-garde, he used overdubbing techniques in making this recording, he altered the sound of his saxophone with digital signal processing, he was open-minded about fusion and free jazz
- virtually ignored by the major record labels after 1980
- from South Vietnam, attended the New England Conservatory of Music, began trumpet lessons at age 11; interest in jazz developed in high school. 1990s: NY avant-garde music scene combined free improvisation with elements of rock, electronica, ambient music, and 20th century avant-garde influences. 2002-2005 with guitarist Pat Metheny's band
- Wynton Marsalis most modeled himself after in terms of his improvising style was ____