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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:28 pm    Post subject: Most Recognizable Bar of Jazz Reply with quote

I need some notes for an art project. What do you think is the most recognizable bar of music in jazz.

I'm thinking maybe the first four notes of West End Blues.

Any other candidates!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The bassline of So What

Pickups into take Five

The piano intro to Take the A Train

The Duke Ellington ending, but its 2 measures

The intro to Second Line

Cry Me a River
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Depending on how snarky you want to be, you could use "The Lick"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lick

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not being very erudite in my jazz tastes and going for the obvious, but Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust"???? Certainly has deep roots. Misty?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess it depends on what context you mean -- most recognizable to jazz fans, or the public in general?

I can recognize most of the bebop standards ("A Night In Tunisia", "Ornithology", "Round Midnight", "If You Could See Me Now", etc.) after just a bar or two, but they may be too esoteric for most people.

How about bar one of "I've Got Rhythm"? Or (dare I say it?) the most famous of all the alternate tunes based on that same chord progression . . . the Flintstones theme! Let's face it -- everybody knows that.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pickup notes to the first measure of Dizzy G's BEBOP .

And it depends how tightly you define 'jazz' as the form.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sing, Sing, Sing intro

Anything from In The Mood
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alan_o wrote:
Depending on how snarky you want to be, you could use "The Lick"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lick



Beat me to it....
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

West End Blues immediately came to mind when I saw the thread title.

For the general public, that might not be all that recognizable. Depending on context/audience, spit balling.

Straight ahead jazz:
-So What intro
-Take Five intro

Big Band:
It’s Been a Long Long Time
Ellington lick
In the Mood intro

Stretching a bit (or a lot):
-Mr. Rogers theme
-Feels So Good pick up
-Kenny G going home
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 4 note bass line from "Killer Joe".
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Soul Bossa Nova maybe?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Manteca
St. Louis Blues
Drum intro to St. Louis Blues March
First bar of Round Midnight
Work Song
Bass line of Tutu
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok now with the jazz radio on, I'm hearing the first bar of every song and thinking about this thread. Thanks for that...

How about the opening riff of Night Train. Similar to the Flintstones comment above, everyone's seen Back to the Future a hundred times, right?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I’ve in fact never seen Back to the Future, but how about the first bars of Mission Impossible?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the target audience is primarily trumpet players or enthusiasts, the first nine notes (or even the first three) of Maynard playing Birdland.

(unless you're trying to stay in the staff...)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

F A Bb C
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it's for the general public, I think In The Mood is in a class of its own for an immediately recognizable intro. Sing Sing Sing might be in a similar category, but I don't think anything else would even come close.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steve A wrote:
If it's for the general public, I think In The Mood is in a class of its own for an immediately recognizable intro. Sing Sing Sing might be in a similar category, but I don't think anything else would even come close.


It may be a sad commentary on the current state of our culture, but I'll bet the number of people across all generations who would recognize the Flintstones theme from the first bar far exceeds that of people who would recognize "In The Mood". (And even if you disagree, what a doctoral dissertation it would make! Yabba-dabba-DOOOO!)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bunny wrote:
F A Bb C


By a country mile.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bunny wrote:
F A Bb C


" . . . Oh Lord I want to be in that number . . . "

Yeah, that's pretty darn good, I must admit.
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