All That Jazz
This style of jazz is great for dancing.
What is swing style jazz?
This jazzer played the cornet and had the nickname "Satchmo."
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Name that tune. https://video.link/w/EbCrc
What is Minnie the Moocher?
This is considered the birthplace of jazz in America.
What is New Orleans?
The movement of thousands of African Americans from the South to the North beginning about 1910.
What is the Great Migration?
Another name for New Orleans-style jazz.
What is Dixieland?
This "bird" played bebop.
Who is Charlie Parker?
Name that tune. https://video.link/w/GdCrc
What is Good Mornin' Blues?
Creating a new melody while performing, or spontaneous composition.
What is improvisation?
Laws of segregation.
This style of jazz is about improvisation and exploration of limits.
What is bebop?
The "lady who swings the band."
Who is Mary Lou Williams?
Name that tune. https://video.link/w/OiCrc
What is Salt Peanuts?
A musical game of one-upmanship.
What is a cutting contest?
In the 1930's Kansas City was still thriving economically despite this national major decrease in economic activity.
What is the Great Depression?
This style of jazz is written in the form AAB.
What is the blues?
This piano jazzer gained a national profile with his orchestra at the Cotton Club.
Who is Duke Ellington?
Name that tune.
What is The Charleston?
This jazz artist composed The Maple Leaf Rag.
Who is Scott Joplin?
Time in American History (1920 - late 1930s) when African American literature, art and music began to flourish in New York City.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This style of jazz sounds like someone's free-flowing thoughts.
What is cool jazz?
He was one of the first jazzers to play the cool style.
Who is Miles Davis?
Name that tune. https://video.link/w/OlCrc
What is Take Five?
The area in New Orleans where musicians met for social activities and to play music.
What is Congo Square?
A civil rights organization in the United States that works to end discrimination against African Americans and other minorities.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?