Jazz Musicians
Jazz Styles
Jazz Terms
Jazz Songs
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This jazz musician was a trumpet player but was better known for his low and "gravely" voice which he used to sing songs like "What a Wonderful World".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
100
This is known as the "sad style of jazz." On BrainPop, Tim sang a song in this style saying he "wished he could get rid of that robot and get a kitty cat instead."
What is the blues?
100
This is when a musician is playing alone and the rest of the band plays quietly behind them.
What is a solo?
100
This jazz artist made the song "What a Wonderful World" famous.
What is Louis Armstrong?
200
This jazz artist was known for her use of scat singing and using her voice just like an instrument.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
200
This type of jazz singing is known for its use of nonsence words and syllables.
What is scat singing?
200
This term is used to describe two people playing or singing together.
What is a duet?
200
This artist made the songs "Take the A Train" and "It Don't Mean a Thing" famous.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
300
This musician was known for playing fast, complicated bebop music. It was estimated that he practiced his saxophone up to 14 hours a day to perfect his technique.
Who is Charlie Parker?
300
This is the term musicians use when they play the notes on the page exactly as written.
What is "straight?"
300
This term is used to describe the technique used when a musician makes up what they're playing or singing as they go.
What is improvisation?
300
This artist made the songs "Ornithology," "Anthropology," and "Confirmation" famous.
Who is Charlie Parker?
400
This jazz musician is still alive and is known for playing both classical and jazz styles very well. He has won nine grammy awards and works to promote jazz education in the public schools.
Who is Wynton Marsalis?
400
This is the term used when musicians play the rhythms a little more relaxed. The rhythms aren't exact when playing this style.
What is swing?
400
This style of blues includes a full band, including electric instruments like guitar and bass.
What is Chicago Blues?
400
This artist wrote songs like "Blood on the Fields" and "C Jam Blues"
Who is Wynton Marsalis?
500
This musician was known as "The Duke" and played the piano in several jazz bands. He later became a manager for other jazz groups, forming bands and finding them places to play.
Who is Edward "Duke" Ellington?
500
This style of jazz is fast and has lots of notes. It was created and made famous by Charlie Parker.
What is bebop?
500
This style of blues is where one person is singing or playing an instrument (like guitar or harmonica) and the topic is about something that actually happened to them. (For example: breaking up, money problems, losing a friend, etc.)
What is country blues?
500
This artist created scat singing when he dropped his music on the floor during a recording session and made up the rest of the words.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
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