Instruments
Common to both rock and jazz, this instrument is in the percussion family and is played with sticks or a special brush.
Drum
Jazz is rooted in the culture of these people
African-Americans
These notes gave jazz and blues their unique sound... slightly lower than they would be in a major scale.
Blue notes
This trumpet player was born in New Orleans, LA. He was a bandleader, and was famous for his growly voice.
Louis Armstrong
The first Jazz style that peaked in the 1920's
Dixieland
This brass instrument includes a slide and is common to jazz music.
Trombone
Jazz originated in this city
New Orleans
Beats that are normally unstressed are emphasized
Syncopation
"The First Lady of Song"
Ella Fitzgerald
A jazz style from the 1930's, mostly played by big bands.
Swing
This jazz instrument looks like a large violin, and can be plucked or played with a bow.
Double bass
Which of these was not a culture that influenced jazz music?
Spanish, African, Thai, or American
Thai
A characteristic of jazz in which the musician creates original music during a song.
Improvisation
A bandleader who played swing music in the 1930's, similar to Benny Goodman.
Count Basie
In swing jazz style, singers sing this vocal style with nonsense syllables.
Scat singing
This jazz instrument, played by artists such as John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, is a member of the woodwind family.
Saxophone
Which of these cities was not well-known for jazz music?
New Orleans or Jacksonville
Jacksonville
This jazz style uses a fast tempo.
Bebop
The saxophone player commonly known as "Bird," who played bebop style.
Charlie Parker
A style of jazz, played by Charlie Parker, that is very fast.
Bebop
Louis Armstrong played the cornet, which is a smaller version of this brass instrument, common in jazz.
Trumpet
Early Jazz borrowed from this musical style.
Blues OR Classical
This is how 8th notes are played in jazz. It is also a style of jazz. It is not syncopation.
Swing
A pianist and bandleader from the Swing era, who was given a nickname that made him sound like royalty.
Count Basie
A style that fuses Latin music with jazz.
Latin jazz