Jazz Definitions
Jazz Music
What is A style of music, native to America, characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure solo and ensemble improvisations
What a Wonderful World was made most famous by
who is Louis Armstrong
Which type of Jazz involves the most Improvisation
Bebop
Bebop
What is major improvisation
Composed "Potato Head Blues," and Someday "You'll Be Sorry."
Louis Armstrong
Synchopation
What is playing on the offbeat? The deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat.
The King of Swing
Who said the National Anthem was "My Way."
Who is Frank Sinatra?
Where is Ragtime mostly played
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Unforgettable and That Ain't Right were Performed by
Nat King Cole
Swing
What Rhythimnic Technique is used in Big Band and in Dance?
The King of Ragtime composed "The Entertainer."
Who is Scott Joplin
Which family of musical instruments often play the melody?
What is a brass instrument, such as trumpet or trombone.
Dixieland Jazz
What is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century?
I've Got Rhythm
Ragtime
What is the Late-nineteenth-century piano style created by African Americans, characterized by highly syncopated melodies; also played in ensemble arrangements. Contributed to early jazz styles.
Jazz pianist and composer of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Duke Ellington
What is the historical context of Jazz?
Freeing of slaves, African American influence and beginning.
Scat Singing
What is improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument?
"a scat rendition" Nonsense words
Golden Brown
Cool Jazz
What is the slowest and softest type of Jazz Music?
Wrote the Famous opera "Porgy and Bess," and beautiful piano pieces including Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
Blues
What is based on a simple, repetitive poetic-musical structure
Ragtime
Late-nineteenth-century piano style created by African Americans. Very syncopated and cheerful
"One O'Clock Jump" and "Blue Skies."
Count Basie