Jelly Roll Morton
What instrument did Jelly Roll Morton play?
Piano
Where did Chick Webb live?
Baltimore
What style of music did Billie Holiday sing?
Jazz
What is Louis Armstrong’s most famous song?
What A Wonderful World
What style music did Bessie Smith play?
Blues
What event led to Jelly Roll Morton losing his fame/money?
The Great Depression
What instrument did Chick Webb play?
Drums
What was Billie Holiday's most popular song?
Strange Fruit
What artist was inspired by Armstrong’s style?
Billie Holiday
What is Bessie Smith's most famous song?
St. Louis Blues
What region of the country did Jelly Roll Morton grow up in?
South
Was Chick a band leader? (Yes/No)
Yes
During what decades was Billie Holiday most popular?
The 1940s and 1950s
What genre would most of Armstrong’s songs fit in?
Jazz
What was Bessie Smith's nickname?
Empress of the Blues
What was the name of Jelly Roll Morton's band?
Jelly Roll Morton and the Red Hot Peppers
What other well-known figure was in Chick Webb's band?
Ella Fitzgerald
Where is Billie Holiday from?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where was Armstrong Born?
New Orleans, Louisiana
What record label did Bessie Smith sign with in 1923?
Columbia Records
What was Jelly Roll Morton's birthplace?
Baton Rouge, LA
What was Chick Webb's real name?
William Webb
What is Billie Holiday's real Name?
Eleanora Fagan
Who were the first people in his life to encourage him to sing?
The family he worked for (the Karnofskys)
What year did Bessie Smith make her first and only film appearance?
1929