Koko

Koko

Context
1. Washington DC
  1. Middle class
2. Ragtime
  1. Stride piano
Recording
1. 1940
2. Chicago
3. RCA Victor
4. Multiple microphones
  1. Ribbon microphones
  2. 2 - 4 parts
Structure
1. Rough 12 Bar Blues
2. Intro, CHx7, Coda
Instruments
1. Valve Trombone, Juan Tizol, CH1
2. Trombone Solo, Joe Nanton, CH2
3. Trombone Solo, Joe Nanton, CH3
4. Piano, Duke Ellington, CH4
5. Trumpets in unison, CH5
6. Double bass, Jimmy Blanton, then ENS, CH6
7. Full ENS CH7
8. Reduced ENS, Coda
9. Reduced ENS, Coda
10. Alto, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick
11. Clarinet, Barney Bigard
12. Tenor, Ben Webster
13. Barri, Harry Carney
14. Trumpets, Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart
15. Trombones, Lawrence Brown
16. Guitar, Fred Guy
17. Drums, Sonny Greer
Tonality & Harmony
1. Eb Minor
2. Aeolian
3. Bluesy feel with clashing chords
4. Avoidance of modulation
Ye Olde Duke McEllington Effect
1. Collective Improv
2. Chords arranged for sections of reeds, trumpets or trombones- one to each note
3. Unison Melodies or riffs
4. Antiphonal effets, call and resonse, counter melodies
5. Solo improv accompanied by contrasting sections and rythm section
  Annotations:
  - Your smelly!
6. His piano playing is used very sparingly, just highlighting the x motif throughout

Resource summary

	Created by James Hamilton over 11 years ago