Jazz Styles
This style of jazz originated in Brazil
What is Bossa Nova?
Louisiana city known as the birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans?
The scale mode that has a lowered seventh note
What is mixolydian?
This clarinet playing artist was known as the "King of Swing"
Who is Benny Goodman?
Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis play 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 that is also known for its deep dish pizza
What is Chicago?
The scale mode that has a lowered third and seventh note
What is dorian?
This trumpeter was known for hits like "When the Saints Come Marching In" and "What a Wonderful World"
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman played this instrument
What is the clarinet?
This style of jazz is noted for its uneven eighth notes
What is swing?
The largest city in America - 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 and Dean Sorenson play 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 - now home to football star Patrick Mahomes
What is Kansas City?
The most commonly used scale type
What is major/ionian?
Trumpeter known for his album Kind of Blue, the best selling jazz album of all time whose first name is also known as a unit of measurement
Who is Miles Davis?
John Coltrane and Charlie Parker 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 and Tito Puente played this instrument
What are the drums?