Dixieland Jazz
Jazz music originated in which US city?
New Orleans
Brass
TRUE OR FALSE
Swing music was often slow and used small band sizes
False
From New Orleans, played trumpet and sang, popularized the solo in Jazz
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong; slow song describing the beauty of the world
What a Wonderful World
The movement in which African americans moved from the South to big cities in the North
The Great Migration
A place in New Orleans where African-Americans/slaves would gather together and share music and culture
Congo Square
This family includes Saxophones, and clarinets
Woodwinds
The other performance art form that went hand in hand with swing music
(Swing) dance
Won a talent contest and got her start, famous for scat-singing and improvisation
Ella Fitzgerald
Used as a protest song; sung by Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
Movement/law in the 1930's that made alcohol illegal
Prohibition
Dixieland Jazz developed this type(s) of music
Brass Bands
Ragtime
Blues
Spirituals
This family includes guitar, piano, drums, double bass
Rhythm
Popular night club where Black musicians played in Harlem
Cotton Club
From Washington DC, well known Swing bandleader, played at the Cotton Club
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald’s first #1 song; nursery rhyme
A Tisket a Tasket
Louis Armstrong popularized this type of Jazz performance
Solo
Musicians would play their own embellished melodies all at the same time
(Collective) improvisation
This family includes singers
Vocals
The neighborhood of NYC where black people celebrated their culture in music, art, and writing.
Harlem
Known for emotional singing, sang “Strange Fruit.”
Billie Holiday
Duke Ellington, upbeat big-band/swing song.
It Don't Mean a Thing (if it ain't got that swing)
Other common name for a swing band that has many musicians
Big Band
TRUE OR FALSE
"Original Jelly Roll Blues" was the first Jazz song to be published onto sheet music
True
Singing nonsense syllables to imitate instrument sounds--improvised
Scat singing
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Duke Ellington wrote a piece called ____ and _____ fantasy where people of all races could mingle together
Black and Tan
One of the earliest Jazz musicians, played piano in the “Storyville District”
Jelly Roll Morton
Originally sung by men, Ella Fitzgerald forgot the words and made them up
Mack the Knife
The ballroom in Harlem where swing music and dancing was extremely popular
Savoy Ballroom