What is Jazz
Where is the birthplace of jazz?
New Orleans
What does the jazz term "Chops" mean?
Excellent music skills.
When did Jazz originate?
In the late-19th to early-20th century.
Who invented Jazz?
Buddy Bolden.
What genre did Jazz first start off as?
Pop
Name 3 instruments used for jazz.
trumpet, saxophone, piano, trombone, clarinet, double bass, drums, electric guitar.
What does the jazz term blow mean?
When was the Jazz Age
1918
What group of the community did Jazz originate from?
African America Communities.
True or False. Jazz bands often played on steamboats to entertain travelers.
True.
Name at least 2 subgenre of Jazz.
Blues, free hazz, bebop, swing, dixieland, bop, Vocal Jazz, Cool Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz, and Funk
What do you call a drummer?
Skins Player.
What year was named as the International Jazz Day?
2012
What is the purpose of International Jazz Day?
To celebrate jazz music's influence in promoting peace and intercultural dialogue.
Where did the word "jazz" come from?
No one Knows.
Who established the Jazz International Day?
The United Nations.
Name one parent genre of jazz.
Blues, Folk music, Ragtime, Work song, Guitar Mashing
When is International Jazz Day?
April 30
Name 1 famous jazz player that was universally known.
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone.
Name one type of Jazz Dance.
Cakewalk, Charleston, Black Bottom, Jitterbug, Boogie Woogie and Swing.