Write a brief essay defining cool jazz, and include in your discussion some of the similarities with bop.
What will be an ideal response?
music of understatement, restraint, and leannesswhat was “new” in jazz in the 1950s; not what was “popular”some similarities with bop: underlying complexitytendency toward obscuritylight style of drumming; emphasis on the cymbalbass: keeps the beatunison playing: beginnings and endingsslower tempivibraphone (“vibes”) commonModern Jazz Quartet one of the most influential combos in this styleJohn Lewis, piano (composer)Milt Jackson, vibesPercy Heath, bassConnie Kay, drumsBirth of the Cool (1949-50) Miles Davis, trumpet
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