The Cool Jazz Era

Faith Eleby- Jazz, Pop, Rock

Dr. Keast

The Cool era was filled with hot aggressive rhythms with sophisticated harmonies and notations. It began to flourish and started consecutive from about 1949 - 1951. Ironically, Cool jazz had its African American roots and it was white musicians who began to represent Cool jazz. The Cool Era’s name sake was derived from the way music made the listener feel as well as how the music sounded. Cool Era can be described as having mellow, soft tones and emotion evoking. It is sometime considered the opposite of bebop. Cool Jazz fused classical and jazz together to create the smooth sound. Cool Jazz came on the scene after World War II and ushered in many great groups and musical talents to convey the sounds of the time. Of the many magnificent remnants remaining from the cool jazz era, the modern

born on December 23, 1929, in Yale, Oklahoma. At 16 dropped out of school to join the Army. He played in bands during his two stints in the armed forces as well as San Francisco jazz clubs while he was stationed in that city. He found admiration in the music of Miles Davis he became involved in the Los Angeles jazz scene. In 1952 his musical career began to prosper after he earned the chance to play the exceptional jazz musician Charlie Parker. Later that year, he joined saxophonist Gerry Mulligan's piano-less quartet. The quartet released many fantastic favorites including “Walkin' Shoes,” “Bernie's Tune” and “My Funny Valentine.” He moved to Europe in 1959, where he found a home in Italy, where he appeared as "Chet l'americano" in musical comedy Howlers of the Dock. Consequently, his continued drug use landed him in legal issues, he had arrests in Italy, England and West Germany, the last of which resulted in his deportation to the United States in 1964. In July 1966, he endured a brutal beating by drug dealers that severely damaged his teeth and left him unable to play the trumpet properly for