Give a short answer to each question (Use whole sentences!) 1. What is the approximate time period for the Bebop era as given in the reading? (Years, not “3am ‘til 6am”.) 1pt 2. It is said that bebo

Bebop -05 Now listen to “Ko -Ko” by Charlie Parker (alto sax) with Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet and piano), Max Roach (drums) and Curly Russell (bass) Recorded 11/26/45 Here are the notes from The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz , a classic collection of jazz recordings and notes that has been an industry standard for jazz history buffs and jazz music collectors since its first edition was compiled in 1973. “Suppose one were to invent an ideal jazz soloist as of the early 194 0s; what qualit ies would he need? He would have to have the harmonic exactness of Coleman Hawkins and Don Byas, the harmonic imagination of Art Tatum, and the melodic and rhythmic imagination of Lester Young and Charlie Christian. But one need not invent such a man, for he existed. His name was Charlie Parker, and his nicknames were Yardbird and Bird. Actually, he carried the rhythmic message of Young and Christian even further. And he had a power and eloquence comparable to -but quite different from - Louis Armstrong’s. He has been called the greatest improviser jazz has produced. He flashed across the horizon; like any innovator, he was misunderstood, even condemned by some older fans -and a few older musicians. He shed his brilliance and left his influence everywhere and o n almost everyone, and then he was dead, in his thirty -fifth year. KoKo (not Ellington’s blues Ko -Ko, but one that borrows its chord changes from Cherokee ) is a torrential, virtuoso improvisation, yet in its use of space, rest, and silence and in its initi al juxtaposition of short tension - phrases and flowing melodious release -phrases, it is also a beautifully paced performance. Finally, one should not miss the contribution here of Max Roach, already the archetypal bebop drummer.”