Name the Musician
She is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Jazz".
Aretha Franklin?
Billie Holiday?
Ella Fitzgerald?
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald was an American singer noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability.
When something was simply the best it was the Cat's What?
What is the Cat's Pajamas?
Other kooky versions of this phrase include combinations like “the eel’s ankle” or “the monkey’s eyebrows,” neither of which caught on.
This short hairstyle for women was very prominent in the flapper culture.
What is a bob?
The 'Dutch boy' hairstyle was straight, slick and smoothly edged to just below the chin line and featured bangs.
This city was considered the birthplace of Jazz Music
What is New Orleans?
Jazz originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The instrument Glenn Miller was known for playing
What is the Trombone
Rolling Stone called him the most "revered trumpeter of all time."
Glenn Miller?
Miles Davis?
Yani?
Miles Davis.
where someone was going if they were heading to the "juice joint"
What is a A speakeasy or a night club?
Obviously, all the cool cats needed a trendy spot to hang out, and where else could that be but the local juice joint? In 1920s America, Prohibition of alcohol was in full swing, with unlawful bars and speakeasies popping up in major metropolitan areas faster than you can say “I have to go see a man about a dog” (code for going to buy yourself some whiskey).
a loose-fitting undergarment, that came to be known as a camisole, which replaced the tight fitting, constrictive corsets of the Victorian era.
What is a Camisole?
Who coined the Term "Jazz"?
Music Critic? Baseball Player? Pub Owner? Musician?
A Baseball Player
The earliest written record of the word is in a 1912 article in the Los Angeles Times in which a minor league baseball pitcher described a pitch which he called a "jazz ball" "because it wobbles and you simply can't do anything with it".
Glenn Miller's song about a train.
What is Chattanooga Choo Choo?
The song was additionally popularized by the Andrews Sisters.
One of the most influential figures in the history of jazz, he was nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops.
Louis Armstrong.
His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s.
What it means to "Know your Onions"
What is to know what you are talking about?
Some have speculated that this phrase gets its origin from Oxford Dictionary editor C. T. Onions. Now we’re sure Mr. Onions knew his stuff, but sadly this theory has been debunked. In fact, the word “onion” doesn’t seem to have any particular meaning here
another 'must have' fashion accessory in bold, striking Art Deco designs, this was rolled and tied around the head just above the browline and knotted at the side or the back of the head.
What is a scarf?
When was the Jazz Age?
1920s
Jazz was so popular in the 1920s that the time period is often called the "Jazz Age" by historians.
Prior to making it big on his own, which other famous jazz musician did Glenn miller work with as a musical director?
Miller was his musical director in 1934
Which jazz musician was known for playing a bent trumpet?
Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie?
Dizzy Gillespie
On January 6, 1953, Gillespie threw a party for his wife Lorraine at Snookie's, a club in Manhattan, where his trumpet's bell got bent upward in an accident. He liked the sound so much he had a special trumpet made with a 45 degree raised bell, which became his trademark.
What does it mean if someone says "nice gams?"
What is nice legs?
Origin: late 18th century: probably a variant of the heraldic term gamb, which denotes a charge representing an animal's leg, from Old Northern French gambe ‘leg’.
a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders.
What is a Zoot Suit?
Jazz developed its roots in Brass Band Marches, Ragtime, and what other kind of music?
What is Blues?
Jazz is hands down the most hybrid form of music in the world, combining elements of brass-band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime, blues, African rhythms, and even European chamber music.
What branch of the military did Glenn Miller server under during WWII?
U.S. Army
In 1942, Miller volunteered to join the U.S. military to entertain troops during World War II, ending up with the U.S. Army Air Forces. On December 15, 1944, while flying to Paris, Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
Who sings with Ella Fitzgerald on her recording of "Cheek to Cheek"?
Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, or Duke Ellington?
Louis Armstrong
There's absolutely no reason Ella's warm yet ultra-cool voice should blend so effortlessly with Louis Armstrong's gravelly growl. They're the opposite poles of jazz singing. But it's magic.
What is a Jalopy
What is An old busted up car.
It is possible that the longshoremen in New Orleans referred to the scrapped autos destined for scrapyards in Jalapa, Mexico, according to this destination, in which they pronounced the letter J as in English.
A dress of shorter, calf-revealing lengths and lower necklines, though not typically form-fitting
What is a flapper dress?
Flapper dresses and rolled stockings were the preferred fashion of Jazz Culture Women in the 1920s
What dance craze was inspired by jazz pianist Spencer Williams?
Shimmy, Charleston, or Lindy Hop?
Shimmy
In 1917, Williams wrote a song called "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble" which inspired a jazz dance called the shimmy.
The person who portrayed Glenn Miller in the film "the Glenn Miller Story" released in 1954
Who is James Stewart?
Stewart was note-perfect in a role that played to his strengths, despite him portraying a big band icon Stewart not only played Miller with utter conviction but the performance also epitomised everything that Stewart himself was about and what made him such a great actor.