Jazz Trivia
Which jazz musician was known for playing a bent trumpet?
Dizzy Gillespie
What pitch is the seventh scale step of the Bb natural minor scale?
Ab
Who is the top-selling female artist of all time? She also holds the title for the most #1 hits.
Madonna
Just take those old records off the shelf,
I'll sit and listen to them by myself.
Who was Elton John‘s longtime lyricist?
Bernie Taupin
What jazz artist was nicknamed "Yardbird?"
Charlie Parker
What sharps should be played on an ascending F# melodic minor scale?
F#, C#, G#, D#, E#
Which female artist has won the most Grammys?
Beyonce
And if you wanna make the world a better place,
Take a look at yourself and make the change.
What was Elvis Presley‘s first No. 1 hit in the United States?
Heartbreak Hotel
Which pianist was dismissed by jazz critic Philip Larkin as "the elephant on the keyboard?"
Thelonious Monk
Which scale containing flats is the enharmonic equivalent to the B major scale?
Cb major
Who was the first female artist to win a grammy for album of the year?
Taylor Swift
In Penny Lane there's a barber showing photographs,
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known.
Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades?
Dolly Parton
Who was recorded for what is thought to be the VERY FIRST jazz record?
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
What is the quality of this seventh chord?
minor Major
Who was the first female artist to have a platinum album?
Whitney Houston
She packed my bags last night pre-flight,
Zero hour 9 AM
Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote which Rolling Stones song?
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
The original "Jim Crow" laws helped to foster the birth of jazz by forcing classically-trained black musicians to perform in all-black clubs, where their techniques combined with traditional blues music. What inspired the name "Jim Crow?"
minstrel character in Vaudeville shows
Spell a V7/V in the key of b minor.
C#, E#, G#, B
Who was the first African-American girl group to have a No. 1 song in the US?
January 30, 1961: The Shirelles Became the First African-American Girl Group to Have a No. 1 Song
In the morning I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
Which musical composer calls “Opening Doors” from Merrily We Roll Along an autobiographical song.
Stephen Sondheim