People/Bands
This famous trumpet player is known as the father of jazz
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This era of jazz existed primarily in the 1930s
What is the swing/big band era?
The tragic day where Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper all died in a plane crash is commonly referred to as this
What is The Day The Music Died?
Playing that focuses on spontaneous creation of music, not reading notes.
What is improvisation?
This rock band revolutionized the marketing industry, releasing action figures of themselves
Who is KISS?
This male group would dress up as characters, and released YMCA
Who are The Village People?
This era of jazz existed primarily in the 1950s
What is cool jazz?
Where is New Orleans?
With a heavy image of the classic 'singer/songwriter' this genre had lyrics largely devoted to social and political issues
What is folk music?
This unconventional instrument was used on the track 'Good Vibrations' to create unique 'buzzing' and high pitched frequency sounds
What is the Theramin?
The Catman, The Demon, The Spaceman, and this are the four characters the original members of KISS designed their makeup after.
Who is The Starchild?
This era of jazz existed primarily in the 1970s
What is Avant Garde/Jazz fusion?
This artist performed an 'interpretive' rendition of the National Anthem on the last day of Woodstock '69
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This genre brought the return of the dance craze to night clubs in the 1970s
What is disco?
Jazz artists in the early 1920s gained a lot of popularity in certain bars largely due to what major event in the country?
What is prohibition?
This female disco artist won the only Grammy for 'Best Disco Recording' in 1980
Who is Gloria Gaynor?
The Bebop era of jazz existed largely in this decade
What are the 1940s?
This major world-wide event was the cause for many younger jazz musicians stepping up and creating the Bebop Era
What is WWII?
This rock sub-genre is loud, and in your face, with a large emphasis on the bass end of the instrumentation
What is heavy metal?
John Coltrane played this instrument, and is often cited as the greatest of all time
What is the saxophone?
This current trumpet player and jazz educator is equally skilled at playing jazz as he is playing classical music.
Who is Wynton Marsalis?
The Hard Bop era of jazz existed largely in this decade
What are the 1960s
Despite only releasing one album in the year 1991, Nirvana disbanded in this year due to the tragic passing of lead vocalist Kurt Cobain
When is 1994?
The bebop era is known for doing what to the size of ensembles, allowing for more solos?
Dave Grohl is one of the greatest Rock drummers of all time, known best for being the drummer in this band
What is Nirvana?