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Chapter 15: The Avant-Garde MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The term avant-garde means all of these things EXCEPT: a. originally a French military term for troops sent ahead of the regular army to scout unknow... n territory b. in English, a reference to innovative artists c. a movement to liberate artists from the restraints of tradition d. an artistic movement typically associated with conservative social ideas ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: p. 307 TOP: The Avant-Garde 2. Which alternative term for avant-garde jazz was inspired by the title of an album by Ornette Coleman with a reproduction of a Jackson Pollock painting on the cover? a. fire music c. free jazz b. anti-jazz d. the New Thing ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: p. 308 TOP: The Avant-Garde 3. All of the following general parameters of avant-garde jazz are described correctly EXCEPT: a. rhythm: ambiguous pulse or several pulses at once b. melody: no longer reliant on harmonic patterns and resolutions c. harmony: no longer reliant on patterns based on chords or scales d. structure: retained blues and song forms ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: pp. 308–9 TOP: The Avant-Garde 4. All of the following general parameters of avant-garde jazz are correctly described EXCEPT: a. presentation: presented as serious, challenging art b. instrumentation: limited to rhythm section plus horns c. politics: entrenched in racial and antiwar struggles ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: p. 309 TOP: The Avant-Garde 5. All of the following are true of Ornette Coleman’s early reception in New York EXCEPT: a. He had a long engagement at the Five Spot. b. Leonard Bernstein and Gunther Schuller declared him a genius. c. Miles Davis and Charles Mingus were skeptical about his music. d. No other established musicians came to hear his music. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: p. 309 TOP: The Avant-Garde 6. All of the following played in Ornette Coleman’s early groups EXCEPT: a. Ed Blackwell c. Billy Higgins b. Charlie Haden d. John Lewis ANS: D PTS: [Show More]

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