shaw nuff - Dizzee Gillespie
context - correct answer-Written in 1945
Instruments - correct answer-performed by a quintet featuring 2 horns, Parker on alto sax,
Gillespie on trumpet, piano, drums and bass. Conveys all the complexity and passion of jazz
in an intimate space
Structure - correct answer-32 Bar AABA based on gershwins ive got rhythm
Detailed structure - intro - correct answer-Introduction featuring a rhythm section riff before
the horns enter in harmony followed by the horns breaking .
Detailed structure - Head section - correct answer-Played in unsion octaves by parker and
gillespie played AABA
Structure - head section is followed by - correct answer-Parkers solo, then gillespies on
trumpet, then lastly, Al Haigs on piano. This is then followed by the head section
Structure - piece ends... - correct answer-Piece ends on a coda which is just a repeat of the
intro
harmony - head chords - correct answer-FM7 Gb7
Harmony point 1 - dissonance - correct answer-Dissonance in shaw nuff is likely as it begins
with a syncopated 2 note riff played repeatedly by the rhythm section. this 2 note riff is a
tritone which is a particular form of dissonance used in bebop
Harmony point 2 - correct answer-The harmony is much more complex with extended chords
which can most clearly be heard by the piano due to its harmonic contribution.
Tempo - correct answer-288bpm where as in swing it is 208bpm
Rhythm & melody point 1 - correct answer-The tune is a succession of fast moving quavers
but the notes are not evenly played as some are accented whilst others are ghosted. These
constantly shifting accents are a strong feature of bebop.
Rhythm and melody point 2 - correct answer-The rhythmic shape of the melody is affected
by the rhyhm section as the rhythm section fragments into layers in bebop
Rhythm and melody point 3 - drums - correct answer-A Walking bassline and drummers ride
symbal keep an almost unaudible pulse underneath the complex solos and melodic lines.
The rest of what the drummer plays is loud and startling reacting unpredictably with the
melody line
context - correct answer-Written in 1945
Instruments - correct answer-performed by a quintet featuring 2 horns, Parker on alto sax,
Gillespie on trumpet, piano, drums and bass. Conveys all the complexity and passion of jazz
in an intimate space
Structure - correct answer-32 Bar AABA based on gershwins ive got rhythm
Detailed structure - intro - correct answer-Introduction featuring a rhythm section riff before
the horns enter in harmony followed by the horns breaking .
Detailed structure - Head section - correct answer-Played in unsion octaves by parker and
gillespie played AABA
Structure - head section is followed by - correct answer-Parkers solo, then gillespies on
trumpet, then lastly, Al Haigs on piano. This is then followed by the head section
Structure - piece ends... - correct answer-Piece ends on a coda which is just a repeat of the
intro
harmony - head chords - correct answer-FM7 Gb7
Harmony point 1 - dissonance - correct answer-Dissonance in shaw nuff is likely as it begins
with a syncopated 2 note riff played repeatedly by the rhythm section. this 2 note riff is a
tritone which is a particular form of dissonance used in bebop
Harmony point 2 - correct answer-The harmony is much more complex with extended chords
which can most clearly be heard by the piano due to its harmonic contribution.
Tempo - correct answer-288bpm where as in swing it is 208bpm
Rhythm & melody point 1 - correct answer-The tune is a succession of fast moving quavers
but the notes are not evenly played as some are accented whilst others are ghosted. These
constantly shifting accents are a strong feature of bebop.
Rhythm and melody point 2 - correct answer-The rhythmic shape of the melody is affected
by the rhyhm section as the rhythm section fragments into layers in bebop
Rhythm and melody point 3 - drums - correct answer-A Walking bassline and drummers ride
symbal keep an almost unaudible pulse underneath the complex solos and melodic lines.
The rest of what the drummer plays is loud and startling reacting unpredictably with the
melody line
