True
This instrument with black and white keys is seen in almost all jazz bands
the piano
True or False: Jazz was a voice for the African-American community.
True
This female performer is called the "Queen of Jazz"! She loved to scat sing. Her name was Ella __________.
Ella Fitzgerald
Name a brass instrument you might hear in jazz music.
Trumpet, trombone, saxophone
What is it called when a musician plays a special part by themselves?
solo
This performer loved to play the piano and eventually had his own band he performed with. His name was Duke ____________.
Duke Ellington
This string instrument is often featured in jazz music and is plucked with the players fingers.
The string bass
In America, African- American ________ contributed to the forming of Jazz. They used praise music built on call and response.
Churches
What instrument did Miles Davis play?
the trumpet
What "instrument" does scatting in jazz music?
the voice!
Jazz is considered to be the first type of music started and developed in ________________.
America
In the book "Looking for Bird in the Big City", who is Miles Davis looking for?
Charlie Parker
When an instrumentalist makes up music on the spot, it is called ____________________.
improvisation
What is it called when a jazz singer uses nonsense words? (ex: doo-ba doo-wow)
scatting