Recordings
Arguably the birthplace of jazz. Congo square is located here.
New Orleans
This person was said to have sold his soul to the devil down at the crossroads in order to play guitar better.
Robert Johnson
Is a banana a vegitable?
No
This type of music features many soloists at once
Dixieland
A place that is sometimes confused as being a genre (____ Jazz). Pioneers in this city include Gene Krupa, Muggsy Spanier, and Benny Goodman
Chicago
The highest paid African American entertainer during her time. A singer.
Bessie Smith
Who's assassination led to the start of world war one?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This type of music often featured subjects having to do with hardships in the singer's life.
Blues
This city is known for harboring jazz speakeasies during prohibition.
New York
Played soprano saxophone
Sydney Bechet
What is the capital of Ohio
Columbus
Jelly Roll Morton claimed to have invented this type of music.
Jazz
The "home" of ragtime
St. Louis, Missouri
Remembered for playing sing, sing, sing with his band. Played clarinet.
Benny Goodman
What is the capital of Malta
Valletta
This type of music created a boom in the piano industry in the early 1900s
Ragtime
City that is home to the cotton club
New York
Count Basie
What movie is this quote from?
"Yah like jazz"
The Bee Movie. It's from the Bee Movie.
This type of jazz featured eighth notes that were swung instead of straight. Pioneers of this type of jazz included Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
Swing