Important dates
"Kind of Blue," "Ah Um," "Time Out," and "The Shape of Jazz to Come," are 4 groundbreaking jazz albums recorded in the same year . . .
1959
This saxophonist's sonic explorations inspired a change in the approach and sound of John Coltrane in the mid 1960s.
Albert Ayler
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attempt to capture the Island of Cuba from the control of the declared Prime Minister . . .
Fidel Castro
One of the three main architects of bebop was a trumpet player from Cheraw, SC. His name was ___________
John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie
He was the bass player for the first Miles Davis "first great quintet (1955-1963) who was named after a late 19th century African American poet and novelist from Ohio _________________
Paul Lawrence Dunbar Chambers (Paul Chambers)
Miles Davis attended Juilliard School of Music in the same year that WWII ended
1945
This trumpet innovator is closely associated with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and modeled his stylistic approach to his mentor, Clifford Brown.
Lee Morgan
This studio album in the style of "jazz fusion" featured Miles Davis, and was released by Columbia Records in 1971. It bears the name of America's first African American heavyweight boxing champion.
Jack Johnson
One of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop played for Billy Eckstine's big band at the start of his career. His name was _________________
J.J. Johnson
The most progressive club on 52nd frequently featured Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and could pay big in a "Wild" poker game
The Three Deuces
Charlie Parker was born the year that Prohibition started. . .
1920
He was one of the only saxophonists recognized as a master of both the alto and the tenor saxophones during his career
Sonny Stitt
This popular song was composed for the 1959 hit musical "The Sound of Music," and recorded in 1961 by saxophonist, John Coltrane. It was an enduring hit for Coltrane, as well as singer, Julie Andrews, who rendered the song in the 1965 Sound of Music film.
"My Favorite Things"
Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, and Lee Morgan were all masters of this instrument -
Trumpet
He was the youngest of a trio of musical brothers from Detroit and the drummer of John Coltrane's "Classic Quartet"
Elvin Jones
The Soviet Union launched the first orbiting satellite in this year . . .
1957
This Cool style tenor saxophonist modeled his sound and style on the approach of swing era saxophonist, Lester Young
Stan Getz
The Montgomery bus boycott was inspired by a private act of civil disobedience protesting Alabama's segregation laws, by a NAACP secretary named. . .
Rosa Parks
The "Birth of the Cool" nonet featured four brass instruments: trumpet, trombone, tuba, and
__________________
French Horn
He produced a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings from 1944 to 1983 that featured many of the era's preeminent jazz musicians
Norman Granz
The Little Rock Nine case describes a school segregation conflict that was made worse by Arkansas governor, Orval Faubus', defiance of Brown v Education and the calling out of the Arkansas National Guard. In what year did this conflict occur. . .
1957
Recognized as a brilliant soloist on the tenor saxophonist, this Ohio native burst on to the jazz scene as a band leader with the appropriately titled " Page One."
Joe Henderson
The Soviet Union launched the first man into space in 1961. His name was ______________
Yuri Gagarin
This trumpet innovator was known by the name "Brownie" by his fellow musicians. . .
Clifford Brown
Some of the more interesting titles of his compositions include: "Crespuscule with Nellie," Trinkle Tinkle," and "Epistrophy,"
Thelonious Sphere Monk Jr.