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This style of music is fast paced and has a strong rhythm section
What is Swing Music?
100
This composer disappeared mysteriously while flying back to London
What is Glenn Miller
100
This is the instrument that Louis Armstrong played
Trumpet
100
Jazz started here
New Orleans
100
musical term that has to do with the way the melodic theme is phrased
Phrasing
200
Main characteristic was its syncopated (Ragged) Rhythm
What is Ragtime
200
This musician was known for his horned rimmed glasses, wearing a beret, and his big cheeks.
What is Dizzy Gillespie
200
This is the instrument that Miles Davis played
Trumpet
200
The US bought the ___ territory for about 3 cents an acre
Louisiana
200
This is a concert hall that was built in Manhattan.
Carnegie Hall
300
Style of music that originated in the South. Its style refers to the feeling of melancholy.
What is the Blues?
300
This musician had one of the most important jazz performances ever in Carnegie Hall
What is Benny Goodman
300
This is the instrument that Benny Goodman playe
What is clarinet
300
The first animated movie was released in the 30s and it was ___
Snow White
300
Was known as the "Empress of the Blues"
Bessie Smith
400
Style of jazz that was named after the most common scat singing words.
What is Bebop?
400
This piano player was known for his trumpet style playing
What is Earl Hines
400
This is the instrument that Count Basie played
piano
400
Due to the large prosperity in New Orleans, there was an outbreak of _____
Cholera
400
Ceremony in New Orleans that is French for Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras
500
This genre of jazz is also known as hot jazz, dixieland, and early jazz.
What is New Orleans Jazz?
500
This musician sold more than 150 million records worldwide and had a very successful acting career along with his musical career
What is Frank Sinatra
500
This is the instrument that Duke Ellington Played
piano
500
_____ Shows were like talent shows that were early American forms of entertainment.
Vaudeville
500
this guitar player was known for his single string technique
Charlie Christian