Famous Jazz Musicians
What instrument does Charles Mingus play?
What is "Autumn Leaves"?
A. A jazz standard
B. A famous rock song
C. A bedtime lullaby
A. A jazz standard
What do nearly all jazz charts have in common?
What is improvisation?
Where in America is known as the "birthplace of Jazz"?
What is the New Orleans?
Driven by the need to produce rapid and virtuosic sounds in jazz bands, this instrument was born from another common woodwind instrument. (Bonus 50 pts: Who designed it or where was it designed?)
What is the saxophone?
The first saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph Sax in Paris in 1846.
Who sang many tunes with the trumpet player Louis Armstrong? An example is "Cheek to Cheek"
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Who wrote "Take the A Train"?
Who is Duke Ellington?
What is European culture and African American culture?
When was Bebop invented? Name the approximate era.
Early 1940s
Name three instruments that were originally non-jazz but were later also featured in jazz.
all strings except Bass, double reeds, French horn, etc.
This trumpet player had a bent trumpet and had puffy cheeks when he played fast-paced bebop.
Dizzy Gillespie
Who wrote the tune "Chi Chi"?
A. Duke Ellington
B. Charles Mingus
C. Thelonious Monk
D. None of the above
D.
It's by Charlie Parker
Why is there little knowledge of pre-jazz music styles?
There were no recordings.
What is the reason that swing music faded away?
War and Strike (Naming 1 gives 200 pts)
(Jazz Ensemble members Shhh...)
Who is responsible for keeping the time in a big-band setup?
Everyone
Who enjoys featuring whole tones in his piano solo?
Who is Thelonious Monk?
Who wrote "Giant Steps"?
Which country was known as the birthplace of the style Bossa Nova?
Bonus 200 pts: What does Bossa Nova literally mean?
Brazil
"New Wave"
Where is the rhythmic root and musical spirit of Jazz originally from?
What is the coast of West Africa?
Action: Find a partner and perform a swing dance
Class vote! What score out of 10 do you think they deserve? (%*400*2 pts)
What is Charlie Parker's nickname?
"Bird" or "Yardbird"
Which of the following is written by Fats Waller?
Fly me to the moon
Ain't Misbehavin'
Work
Three steps to the moon
The Jitterbug Waltz
Ain't Misbehavin' and The Jitterbug Waltz
If you only got 1 right, you get 300 points.
What did Louis Armstrong turn the human voice into?
A new improvisation "instrument," just like any other instruments in the orchestra.
In what year were the first recordings of Jazz made?
Bonus 300 pts: Which band was the first to produce recordings of Jazz?
1917
On February 26, 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band released the world's first jazz record.
*"Jass" was the early spelling of "Jazz"
Big bonus! If you get all four questions correct, your TOTAL POINTS WILL BE DOUBLED! (with an extra 1000 pts)
I) What instrument did former President Bill Clinton play?
II) Who is the "mother of Jazz"?
III) If you play consecutive off-beat eighth notes in a phrase, you tend to _____.
IV) Who invented the term "Jazz"?
I) Saxophone
II) Ma Rainey
III) Rush
IV) Nobody. It was originally a slang term, sometimes spelled as “jas”, “jass”, “jaz”, even “jasz”.