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100

He is referenced as is American music’s Bach, Dante, and Shakespeare

Who is Louis Armstrong

100

Where Louis Armstrong traveled to

Chicago

100

The period where the sale of alcohol was illegal

What is the Prohibition

100

The day James Reese Europe died

When is May 9th, 1919

100

The first instrument Louis Armstrong bought

What is cornet

200

A privileged son of middle class parents, a debonair piano playing high school dropout

Who is Edward Kennedy Ellington

200

Where Edward Kennedy Ellington is from

Where is Washington DC

200

These replaced Bars and jazz was primarily played here

What are speakeasies

200

The year the first jazz record reached the public

When is 1917

200

The instrument Edward Ellington played

What is Piano

300

Louis Armstrong’s idol

Who is King Oliver

300

One of the toughest clubs in Storyville

Where is Pete Lala’s

300

He brought Louis Armstrong out of New Orleans

Who is King Oliver

300

The actual birthday of Louis Armstrong

When is August 4, 1901

300

The instrument Joe Oliver played when he began his career

What is trombone

400

He composed ragtime and wrote the tune that would define the Jazz age

Who is Langston Hughes

400

Louis Armstrong was arrested on this crossing for firing a revolver

Rampart and Pedito street

400

The beat King Oliver emphasized for his band

What is the Big Four

400

The day Edward Kennedy Ellington was born

When is April 29, 1899

400

The instrument Herbert Wright played, the man who killed James Reese Europe

What is drummer

500

Who’s wagon did Armstrong play a horn in while delivering coal to let their clients know they’re coming

Who is Karnofsky

500

Where Edward Kennedy Ellington secretly visited to learn music

Where is Frank Holiday’s pool room

500

After World War I hundreds of thousands of men and women board trains

What is the great migration

500

The year Paul Whiteman released his first big hit “whispering”

When is 1920

500

French and British band leaders were convinced that James Reese Europe's military band was using these types of instruments

What is “trick instruments”

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