Question
On this album’s last track, “Psalm,” its composer used “musical narration” to play a melody derived from his poem praising God. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this album that begins with Elvin Jones playing the gong. This album’s first track, “Acknowledgement,” features a four-note bass ostinato that develops into its composer repeatedly chanting this album’s title.
ANSWER: A Love Supreme
[10m] Spirituality in this musician’s albums like A Love Supreme led the African Orthodox Church to canonize him. A chord progression featuring rapid major third root movements is called this saxophonist’s namesake changes.
ANSWER: John Coltrane [or John William Coltrane; accept Coltrane changes; accept Trane]
[10e] Ira Gilter coined the term “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s style of performing this action on albums like A Love Supreme. Jazz musicians often perform this practice of spontaneously composing melodies.
ANSWER: improvisation [accept word forms like improvise]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 78% | 56% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 7 | 22.86 | 86% | 86% | 57% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 73% | 82% | 18% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 80% | 100% | 30% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 88% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 78% | 89% | 11% |
Data
| Auburn A | Clemson B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Auburn B | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Emory A | Belmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Clemson A | Auburn C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Georgia Tech E | Furman | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Emory Oxford | South Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| South Carolina B | Alabama A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Tennessee A | Southern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech C | Tennessee B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Vanderbilt B | Georgia Tech D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |