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It's Modal Jazz Week!
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Modal jazz
is
jazz
that uses
musical modes
rather than
chord
progressions
as a
harmonic
framework. Originating in the late 1950s and 1960s, modal jazz is characterized by
Miles Davis
's "
Milestones
" (1958)
Kind of Blue
(1959) and
John Coltrane
's classic quartet from 1960–64.
[2]
Other important performers include
Bill Evans
,
Herbie Hancock
,
Wayne Shorter
, and
McCoy Tyner
.
[2]
Though the term comes from the use of the
pitches
of particular modes (or
scales
) in the creation of
solos
, modal jazz compositions or
accompaniments
may only or additionally make use of the following techniques
[2]
:
slow-moving
harmonic rhythm
, where single
chords
may last four to sixteen or more measures
pedal points
and
[3]
drones
absent or suppressed standard
functional
chord progressions
quartal
harmonies or
melodies
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