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Name the African American Musician
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Instruments played by African American Musicians
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Today you sang this African American spiritual where the singer imagines being taken to heaven by a flying horse-drawn cart. 

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

100

He was from South Carolina, had a funny nickname, and became one of jazz's best known trumpet players

Dizzy Gillespie
100

This genre, full of improvisation, was played by African American musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday

jazz

100
Trombone Shorty's instrument :)

trombone

200
A few weeks ago you learned this famous spiritual and jazz number made famous by Louis Armstrong. It includes the words "Oh Lord, I want to be in that number..."

When the Saints Go Marching In

200

He was known for his trumpet playing and his famous gravelly singing voice.

Louis Armstrong

200

Black artists in this genre, where artists quickly speak words in rhythm to a beat, include Will Smith, Common, and Lil Nas X.

rap

200

Louis Armstrong AND Dizzy Gillespie's instrument

trumpet

300
In a spiritual you sang this month, who went down in the cellar to pray, fell asleep and stayed all day?

The deacon

300
After she was prevented from singing in Constitution Hall, she sang for 75,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Marian Anderson

300

This improvisational style of music where singers sing about their feelings, follows a 12-bar style and is named for a color. Some black musicians of this style are Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and B.B. King.

blues

300

B.B. King, Prince, Lead Belly, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry all played this instrument

guitar

400

In the spiritual that starts "I'm on my way", where is the singer going?

Freedom Land

400

He picked up his instrument as a young boy in Treme, New Orleans, and kept playing all the way to the White House.

Trombone Shorty

400

Michael Jackson, The Weeknd, Beyonce, and Stevie Wonder, are all artists in this chart-topping genre.

pop

400

Scott Joplin played this keyboard instrument and wrote lots of ragtime music for it, including his famous rag "The Entertainer"

piano

500
We heard Louis Armstrong sing this song from a famous musical. Here's a hint--how might you greet Barbie?

Hello Dolly

500

The only one of the four musicians who sang opera

Marian Anderson

500
Marian Anderson was one of the first black Americans to sing in this type of musical stage drama, where the characters sing rather than speak. Later black singers in this style were Jessye Norman and Leontyne Price.

opera

500

John Coltrane was a famous player of this woodwind instrument. Take a listen!

saxophone