Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong had the requirements to be ___
What is American Bach
In the spring of 1927 audience ask this singer to sing about the flood
Who is Bessie Smith
Bands that crisscrossed the wide-open spaces between states playing one-nighters
What is territory bands
Until 1925 this musician kept company with Louis Armstrong
He was born in the year ___ in Grand Avenue in Davenport, Iowa
What is 1934
This musician admired Louis Armstrong's skills
Who is Duke Ellington
This song made Bessie Smith the Emperess of blues
What is Downhearted Blues
Who is The Parisian Redheads
Back in 1922 Syndey Bechet landed in New York and became ___
What is a clarinet master
In 1921 Bix's parents pulled him out of high school and sent him to a strict boarding school in ___ Illinois
What is Lake Forest
What is Fletcher Henderson's great band
One of the first films to feature black performers
What is St. Louis Blues
___ helped open a door for African American entertainment
Who is Ethel Waters
Sidney Bechet was in the recording studio and he shows his new instrument
What is the soprano saxophone
Bix always took so many trips to this place to hear his heroes play jazz
What is Chicago
Armstrong quite Henderson's band and join his wife's group at ___
What the Dreamland Cafe
During her performance, Bessie scared off ___
Who are the Klansmen
This person inspired a generation of young white musicians
Who is Bix
Bechet got a job with the Harlem piano master ___
but he quit
Who is James P Johnson
Bix joined a band in 1924
Who are The Wolverines
At the Vendome, Armstrong introduced a new novelty number called ___
What is Heebie Jeebies
___ was developed by several companies meant for black audiences
What is Race Records
Who is Duke Ellington
Sidney opened a Harlem speakeasy called ___ only to back out of it
What is the Club Basha
Bix started touring with this band in 1926
Who is the Jean Goldkette