... the honkytonks, clubs, and bawdyhouses on east Main Street. It was with ragtime that Joplin became a composer of note. He possessed a legato singing style and the ability to make ordinary chords and harmonies sound different. He had a talent at syncopation and the rendition of new ragtime forms. By the time he published his first rag in 1899, there were more than ... a heavier motion, whereas the second has a light, lilting dance rhythm. The trio is of a Missouri folk character and is largely in thirds; the final strain is played in honky-tonk chords. Stylistically, there is little ques...

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... his ability to apply it to jazz improvisation and accompaniment, provided the band with the light and shade necessary to refresh the ear of a soloist working with scales rather than chords. There was no doubt that Davis's ideas provided the prefect context for Evan's harmonic sense. Davis once said about Evans, "The sound Bill got was like crystal notes or sparkling ... and leaves pauses, and generally keeping the listener guessing as to what he will do next. "It's a completely absorbing solo, shaped beautifully by his gradual reduction of its elements to chords and space before Davis r...

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