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Name the artist
Jazz Vocals
Publishing and Media
100
What is the New Orleans?
100
a style of jazz that combined traditional jazz concepts with elements of rock, R&B, funk, or another genre of music
Jazz Fusion
100
This Jazz Artist was one of the first to experiment with Jazz Fusion 
Miles Davis
100
In which type of improvisation does a singer improvise melodies using nonsense syllables?
Scat Singing
100
What was the name of the hub of the music publishing industry that was named for the constant sound of many compositions being hammered out on pianos all at the same time?
Tin Pan Alley
200
Which type of music, used by enslaved Africans, evolved into the blues and jazz?
Work Songs
200
Which 3 instruments make up the members of a jazz rhythm section?
Bass, Drums, and Piano
200
Scott Joplin
200
Singers and instruments would use this to dip or bend pitch by a quarter or half step and swoop up to higher pitches to mimic the sorrowful lyrics of the Blues
Blue notes
200
Where was the location of the hub of the music publishing industry at the turn of the twentieth century?
New York City
300
Which style of jazz, usually written for piano, combines European musical forms with African syncopated rhythms?
Ragtime
300
a style of jazz in which performers diverge from traditional rules and each performer contributes his or her own feelings for the music in the moment
Free Jazz
300
Dizzy Gillespie
300
Which artistic form combines music, lyrics, spoken dialogue, and dance to entertain and inform the audience?
Musicals
300
Which term names the music that is written specifically for a film?
Film Score
400
What musical pattern, evolved from field hollers, is the roots of blues music?
Call and response
400
Which style of jazz was the last to develop?
Contemporary or "Smooth" Jazz
400
Ella Fitzgerald
400
This female singer has been studied by many horn soloists for her unmatched phrasing and tone and was a strong advocate against the horrible mistreatment of African Americans in the South
Billie Holiday
400
Which element is part of most American musical theater or Broadway productions that separates it from Opera?
dialogue and spoken word without music
500
Name 3 jazz styles that emerged BEFORE the 1900s
Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland
500
an energetic and emotional style of jazz that developed in response to cool jazz, featuring fast tempos, loud dynamics, and blues and gospel influences
Hard bop
500
Tito Puente
500
Louis Armstrong
500
What is the purpose of ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC?
Protect the rights of composers and songwriters