ragtime/blues
jazz combo
musical/broadway
musician facts
music concepts
100
Who is known for starting Scat singing? and what is it?
Louis Armstrong, -vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all
100
What are 2 of the most famous jazz recordings?
2. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme 1. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
100
West Side Story originated from which of the following? Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Much ado about nothing
Romeo and Juliet
100
What instruments do each of the following play? - John Coltrane -Miles Davis
Coltrane- Tenor Saxophone Davis- Trumpet
100
What Musical has the longest running time on Broadway?
Phantom of the Opera
200
____________ is considered to be the first recording of scat singing?
Heebie Jeebies
200
What school and how old was Miles Davis when he got accepted to this school?
Julliard, 18
200
What Shows box-office revenues were higher than any other film or stage play in history – including Titanic, ET andStar Wars.
Phantom of the Opera
200
What was Duke Ellingtons biggest contribution to Jazz?
- Featured his players strengths, -underplayed his piano ability, - over 50 years of musicianship
200
What is improvisation?
Making music that is created on the spot, and not pre-rehearsed.
300
The ragtime syncopation was achieved by???
breaking the 2 beats to the bar time feel into a 3 over 2; a cross rhythm. The old timers called it raggin' the beat.
300
Coltranes quartet was famous for what?
most innovative and expressive music in Jazz history
300
Andrew Lloyd Webber met Jim Steinman, who described "The Phantom of the Opera" as what?
Rock Song invading a Opera House
300
Leonard Bernstein was a great _______, _______, & ________.
Musician, Composer and Conductor
300
Where and when did the blues develop?
New Orleans, Early 1900's
400
Big Band Music was used for/ famous for what? (2 main concepts)
Big Band was used for Entertainment, and dancing.
400
What are 3 characteristics of Jazz Music? Improvisation, syncopated rhythms, varied tempos
Improvisation, syncopated rhythms, varied tempos
400
The story based on two people who meet and fall in love but are separated because they come from different groups that don't like each other.- is about what Musical?
West Side Story
400
Miles Davis was a great __________, ________, _______, _________ and __________.
musician, composer, arranger, producer, and band leader
400
Difference between the Musicals, Ballets, and Operas
Musicals have dialog, music and dance. Ballets, have only dance with usually a narration. Operas, are only singing with very little extra.
500
The extent of Ellington's innovations helped to redefine the various forms in which he worked. He synthesized many of the elements of American music — _________, _______, _______, _________, and _________. — into a consistent style with which, though technically complex, has a directness and a simplicity of expression largely absent from the purported art music of the twentieth century.
The extent of Ellington's innovations helped to redefine the various forms in which he worked. He synthesized many of the elements of American music — the minstrel song, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley tunes, the blues, and American appropriations of the European music tradition — into a consistent style with which, though technically complex, has a directness and a simplicity of expression largely absent from the purported art music of the twentieth century.
500
What was the point of the album that Resolution was recorded on?
"A Love Supreme" which attests to the power, glory, love, and greatness of God. Coltrane felt we must all make a conscious effort to effect positive change in the world, and that his music was an instrument to create positive thought patterns in the minds of people.
500
According to the AFI list what are the top 4 Musicals?
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 2 WEST SIDE STORY 3 WIZARD OF OZ, THE 4 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
500
Louis Armstrongs childhood was? 3 things
Broken Family, Frequently left with his grandmother step dad was arrested for shooting on new years eve.
500
Jazz Combos usually consist of what structure? (Name sections, and number of instruments)
The standard small combo usually limits itself to one trumpet and one saxophone at times augmented by a second saxophone or a trombone. Typical horns found in a big jazz band include 4-5 trumpets, 5-6 woodwind instruments (usually saxophones), and 3-4 trombones.
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