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What year was Charlie Parker born?
A)1920
B)1915
C)1925
A)1920
What was the name of Charlie Parker's first song?
A) “Ko-Ko”
B) “Now’s the time”
C) “Honeysuckle Rose”
C) “Honeysuckle Rose”
What was Charlie Parker's home town
A)Kansas City
B)New Oreleans
C)New York City
A)Kansas City
What type of music did he invent?
A)Rock and Roll
B)Bebop
C)Swing
B)Bebop
What instrument did Charlie Parker play?
A)Saxophone
B)Clarinet
C)Baritone Horn
A)Saxophone
What year did he die?
A)1965
B)1968
C)1955
C)1955
How many songs does Charlie Parker have?
A)80-90
B)50-60
C)130-140
A)80-90
What age did Charlie Parker drop out of school?
A) 15 years old
B) 11 years old
C) 14 years old
C) 14 years old
How many Grammys did Charlie Parker win?
A)5
B)2
C)1
D)4
B)2
What was his favorite food?
A)Steak
B) Pizza
C) Burgers
D) Fried Chicken
D) Fried Chicken
When did he make his first song?
A) December,1946
B) November,1945
C)January,1945
B) November,1945
What type of addiction did he have during his career?
A)Tobacco & Marijuana
B)Alcohol & Heroin
C)Cocaine & Meth
B)Alcohol & Heroin
Who criticized Parker’s playing at a jam session by tossing a pair of symbols at his feet?
A) Drummer Jo Jones
B)Kenny Clarke
C)Bud Powel
A) Drummer Jo Jones
What type of Grammy award did he first win?
A)Lifetime Achievement
B)Best Jazz Instrumental Album
C)Best Jazz Performance
C)Best Jazz Performance
What was Charlie Parker’s nickname?
A) King of Bebop
B)Yardbird
C)Walk in the park
B)Yardbird
When did Charlie Parker win his first Grammy?
A)1965
B)1955
C)1974
D)1977
C)1974
Whose band did he join for 4 years?
A)Biddy Fleet
B)Dizzy Gillespie
C) Jay McShann’s
C) Jay McShann’s
How many hours did he practice daily on his instrument as a teenager?
A)4 to 6 hours
B)10 to 12 hours
C)8 to 10 hours
D)5 to 7 hours
B)10 to 12 hours
What was he first inducted into in 1955?
A) New Orleans Jazz Museum
B) Big Band Hall of Fame
C) Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame
D) Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
D) Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
What famous New York City jazz club was named after Charlie Parker, and he performed there just a week before he died?
A) “Birdland”
B) “Chicken Lover”
C) “Walk in the park”
D) “Charlie Charlie”
A) “Birdland”
When did Charlie Parker play his last concert?
A)March 5th, 1955
B) August 29th, 1951
C) June 10th, 1960
D)September 9th, 1945
A)March 5th, 1955
At what famous concert hall in New York did Charlie perform with Dizzy Gillespie?
A)Apollo Theater
B)Carnegie Hall
C)Madison Square Garden
B)Carnegie Hall
Who was Charlie Parker's Mentor?
A)Miles Davis
B)Drummer Jo Jones
C)Dizzy Gillespie
D) Buster Smith
D) Buster Smith
What was the movie that he released in 1998 called?
A)Celebrating Bird
B)The Bebop Star
C) Bird
D)The Legendary Saxophonist
C) Bird
What started his love for his music career?
A)Stumbling on a band concert
B) Choir for his Catholic school
C) Introduced by his father
D)Hearing music from a street musician
B) Choir for his Catholic school