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Duke Ellington Black And Tan Fantasy

Unit 6 - Further Musical Understanding

Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy

Key Words

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974)

Jungle style - a type of jazz music that accompanied 'African culture' ﬂoor shows at the

Cotton Club, New York. The music used march-like rhythms and exotic brass effects (mutes and

growls).

Bubber Miley - Duke Ellington's trumpet player who played the exotic trumpet effects.

Head - the main section in a jazz piece (has the main melody). b.1-12.

Pitch bend - a technique used by brass and woodwind players (particularly in jazz) when a

note is raised or lowered by the player bending their lip and tightening it (trumpet in b.7).

Rhythm section - bass, drums, keyboard instrument and/or guitar. They lay the rhythmic and

harmonic foundation for a jazz piece.

Glissando - sliding through pitches.

Parallel 6ths - when two parts play consecutive notes that are a sixth apart (bb.1-12 trumpet

and trombone)

Chopin's Funeral March - famous funeral march composed by the Romantic pianist/composer

Frederic Chopin (bb.87-90 trumpet and trombone)

Stride piano - a type of jazz piano popular in the 1920s and 1930s that has a ﬂorid RH

melody with alternating bass notes (in octaves or more!) and chords. (b.53-64 piano solo).

Example - Art Tatum.

Plagal cadence - chord IV-I (b.90 in Bb minor)

Duke Ellington Black And Tan Fantasy