Swing Jazz is also referred to as the __________ era
What is Big Band
100
1800-1900
What is The Romantic Era
100
The decade of the British Invasion was
What is the 1960s
200
Music made-up on the spot
What is Improvisation
200
New Orleans, or Dixieland, Jazz began around 1900 and lasted through this decade
What is the 1920s
200
In early jazz (New Orleans Jazz), rhythm sections included which instruments?
What are drums, bass, piano, and banjo
200
The era that extends from 400-1400
What is the Middle Ages
200
Bebop began in this decade
What is the 1940s
300
Louis Armstrong's birth and death dates
What is 1901-1971
300
The roots of Jazz include these three genres of music found in the textbook
What are Marching bands, Ragtime, and Blues
300
A big band might have up to how many musicians?
What is 20
300
The two hundred years between 1400 and 1600 is what era?
What is the Renaissance
300
Motown was a popular record label located where and in which decade
What is Detroit and the 1960s
400
Singing nonsense syllables instead of lyrics
What is Scat
400
There are three other genres of music that are generally agreed to be roots of Jazz, not discussed in the textbook
What are Hollers, Call-and-Response, and Spirituals
400
The front-line in a New Orleans Jazz band featured these three instruments
What are clarinet, trumpet, trombone
400
1600-1750 is better known by this Portuguese word
What is the Baroque
400
Cool Jazz became popular in his decade
What is the 1950s
500
When New Orleans Jazz players and Free Jazz players perform polyphonic texture it is known as this two-word term
What is Collective Improvisation
500
Last name of this "king" in New Orleans, whose band included Louis Armstong
Who is Joe "King" Oliver
500
Because the size of a Swing band is typically large, non-improvised sections had to be completely composed. What term is used to describe composed sections in the music?
What are Arrangements
500
The era that lasted from 1750-1800 produced some very memorable melodies and composers