Jazz Styles
This style of jazz originated in Brazil
What is Bossa Nova?
The birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans?
The scale mode that has a lowered seventh note
What is mixolydian?
This artist was known as the "King of Swing"
Who is Benny Goodman?
Miles Davis played this instrument
What is the trumpet?
This jazz influenced style came after jazz and was popularized by figures like Elvis Presley and Little Richard
What is rock and roll?
Lake Michigan city where Louis Armstrong founded his "Hot Five" band
What is Chicago?
The scale mode that has a lowered third and seventh note
What is dorian?
This trumpeter was referred to as "Satchmo"
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Benny Goodman played this instrument
What is the clarinet?
This style of jazz is noted for its uneven eighth notes
What is swing?
Sprawling metropolis where Duke Ellington famously played at the Cotton Club
What is New York?
The scale mode that has a lowered third, sixth, and seventh note
What is aeolian?
This artist is known for "Hunting Wabbits" and calling the "Jazz Police"
Gordon Goodwin
Wycliffe Gordon plays this instrument
What is the trombone?
This style of jazz is known for its heavy syncopation and use of sixteenth notes and was popularized by groups like Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, and Parliament Funkadelic
What is funk?
Midwestern city where Count Basie's big band came to fame
What is Kansas City?
The most commonly used scale type
What is major/ionian?
Recorded Kind of Blue, the best selling jazz album of all time.
Who is Miles Davis?
John Coltrane played this instrument
What is the saxophone?
This style of jazz is known for its slow tempo and beautiful melodies
What is jazz ballad?
This city has the best middle school jazz kids in the world
What is Bixby, OK?
The scale that is built on scale degrees 1, flat 3, 4, flat 5, 5, 7, and 8
What is the blues scale?
The jazz education legend who wrote First Place For Jazz.
Who is Dean Sorenson?
Jo Jones played this instrument
What are the drums?