Roots of Jazz
Where was Jazz created?
The United States
Ragtime focused on what instrument?
Piano
Where was the center of Jazz?
New Orleans
When did Swing Style Jazz become popular?
1935-1945
What style of Jazz uses lots of impovinisation?
Bebop
New Orleans or NOLA
What time period was Ragtime Jazz popular?
1890-1915
What time period was New Orleans style Jazz really popular?
1900-1920
Swing music was meant for what?
Dancing
What does improv express from a musicians?
Feelings
What year did the word "jazz" begin to be used?
1917
Who was the King of Ragtime?
Scott Joplin
Dixieland Jazz was also known as what style of Jazz?
New Orleans
Who was the most important and famous composer of Swing music?
Duke Ellington
What is Improvisation?
Making music up as you go
The beginning of Jazz started with what group of people?
African Americans singing on plantations
What emotion did Blues Jazz usually use?
Sadness, Unhappy
Who was the leader of New Orleans style Jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Bebop Style Jazz was meant for what?
Listening
What style of music is this song?
New Orleans
What is the name of this Jazz song structure?
Call and Response
All popular styles today, come from what type of Jazz style?
Blues Jazz
Louis Armstrong would sing in music, but what was the instrument he played?
Trumpet
Bebop Style has a bad reputation as what "kind" of music?
Elevator Music
What style of music is this song?
Swing