What instrument was the earliest instrument used in jazz music?
What is the piano?
100
This person is known as the "father of jazz".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
100
A type of jazz music that was popular during the big band era of WWII, mainly for dancing.
What is Swing?
100
LISTEN: This song was written and performed by famous trombone and Army bandleader Glenn Miller.
What is "In the Mood"?
100
The term for a well-known jazz song.
What is riff?
200
Axe is a slang term for all "_______" in the jazz band.
What is the slang term for "instruments" in the jazz band?
200
I am a famous jazz clarinetist.
Who is Benny Goodman?
200
A piano-based jazz style that developed in the late 1890's. It has a two-beat rhythm that's played in the left hand of the piano while the right hand plays "ragged rhythms" in the melody.
What is Ragtime?
200
LISTEN: This hit was written and made famous by jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman. It uses the distinct toms of the drum set as the entrance.
What is "Sing, Sing, Sing"?
200
A person who writes music.
What is a composer?
300
The drum set is known as the "_____" section of the jazz band.
What is the rhythm section?
300
I am the first jazz female singer to make it to the top.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
300
A style of jazz that grew out of work songs and spirituals. It was originally a vocal style of jazz that expressed the challenges of a difficult life.
What is the Blues?
300
LISTEN: A very popular slow dancing song of its time but has appeared in over 100 hollywood movies since its composition.
What is Moonlight Serenade?
300
To create your own music. To make up rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic patterns on the spot.
What is improvise or to improv?
400
What instrument plays the bass line?
What is the String Bass?
400
I am a famous saxophone jazz musician.
Who is Charlie Parker?
400
This early style of jazz grew out of the marching brass bands of New Orleans.
What is Dixieland?
400
LISTEN: This tune was named after the train that most jazz musicians traveled from Chicago to New York City on.
What is Pennsylvania 65000?
400
When hired to perform.
What is gig?
500
LISTEN: This instrument is the solo instrument.
What is the trumpet?
500
I am a famous trombone player and I enlisted into the Army during WWII and convinced the Army to start a jazz band which I then became the bandleader of.
Who is Glenn Miller?
500
A direct descendant of jazz, this style became popular in the 1950's. Many early "_____" songs are actually covers of old blues songs, performed with electric instruments.
What is Rock 'n' Roll?
500
LISTEN: The technique of singing jazz melodies with nonsense syllables.
What is scat singing?
500
This was my nickname. I was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.