SAXOPHONE
This is the lowest note on a tenor saxophone (CONCERT PITCH)
Ab
This famous trumpet player is known for albums like "Milestones" and "Miles Smiles"
Miles Davis
Traditional New Orleans "Tailgate" style includes lots of glisses up to first position F from C in this position
6th position
This jazz vibraphonist and composer was known as "Bags"
Milt Jackson
This pianist and bandleader recorded jazz classics like "Fun Time" and "Shiny Stockings" with his famous orchestra
Count Basie
This saxophonist and composer whose best-known work is "The Blues and the Abstract Truth" also wrote the lesser-known "Emancipation Blues"
Oliver Nelson
These are the two possible fingerings for second space A on the trumpet
First and second fingers; third finger
This alliterative trombone master is referred to as the "Father of modern jazz trombone"
JJ Johnson
Freddie Green wrote "Corner Pocket" referring to where he sat relative to the piano in the big band. He played this instrument
Guitar
This "royal" jazz composer wrote well-known tunes like "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Sophisticated Lady"
Duke Ellington
Russell Procope, Jimmy Hamilton and Eddie Daniels are examples of big band saxophonists who were better known for their skills on this woodwind instrument
Clarinet
"Totem Pole" and "Hocus Pocus" are tunes on this Lee Morgan album best known for its title track, which was also Morgan's nickname
Troy Andrews, despite this better-known stage name, has achieved great heights as a player, singer, performing and recording artist
Trombone Shorty
This instrument goes directly above bass in traditional big band score order
Piano
How many choruses of the blues did Paul Gonsalves play on Duke Ellington's 1956 "Live at Newport" recording of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue?
A. None
B. 9 choruses
C. 27 choruses
D. 81 choruses
C. 27 choruses
This tenor saxophonist and jazz icon composed the jazz standard "Giant Steps"
John Coltrane
Wayne Bergeron plays lead trumpet for this Los Angeles-based big band whose records include "Swingin' for the Fences" and "The Phat Pack"
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Noted composer and left-handed trombonist Locksley Wellington Hampton is better known by this trombone-themed nickname
Slide Hampton
Noted jazz bandleaders Art Blakey, Buddy Rich and Brian Blade all have one thing in common: they play this instrument
Drums
Which of these is NOT an actual jazz big band?
A. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
B. Remy LeBeouf's Assembly of Shadows
C. Joe Henderson and the Very Big Band
D. The John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
C. Joe Henderson and the Very Big Band
This is the only U.S. President to play the tenor saxophone on live TV
Bill Clinton
Which of the following is an actual jazz trumpet player?
A. Jimmy "Valves" McGill
B. Harry "Sweets" Edison
C. Jeffrey "Bebop" Winger
D. Tony "Screamer" Soprano
B. Harry "Sweets" Edison
Vincent Gardner, Chris Crenshaw and Elliott Mason comprise the trombone section of this NYC-based big band led by Wynton Marsalis
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Look out behind you! The last two measures of a chord progression are often referred to as this
Turnaround
This band, who started in the 1960's as the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, is better known by this name today (named for the famous jazz club in NYC where they perform)