Jazz Artists
This famous female singer, nicknamed the "First Lady of Song," was famous for her childlike voice and was considered one of the best scatters in the world.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
What a musician improvises during a piece while the band accompanies her.
What is a solo?
This type of jazz, popular in the 1930's, was dance music played by big bands.
What is swing?
Jazz originated in this city.
What is New Orleans?
What is "Takin' the A Train"
Who is Duke Ellington?
This saxaphone player nickenamed as "Bird"
Who is Charlie Parker?
This section of a jazz band is made up of bass and drums and sometimes guitar, piano, or banjo.
What is a rhythm section?
This type of jazz, played during the 1940's, features fast tempos and virtuosic solos.
What is bebop?
During this decade, swing was the most popular form of music in the United States.
What is the 1930's?
What is "Yardbird Suite"
Who is Charlie Parker?
This famous trumpet player had puffy cheeks when he played fast-paced bebop jazz on his bent trumpet.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Playing that focuses on spontaneous creation of music, not reading notes
What is improvisation?
This type of jazz, popular in the 1920's, features a march-like accompaniment and a syncopated melody.
What is ragtime?
The harmonies and melodies of jazz were inspired by the music of this continent.
What is Europe?
What is "Sing Sing Sing"
Who is Benny Goodman
This famous trumpet player, nicknamed "Satchmo," also scatted and sang with a rough, gravely voice.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This rhythm puts emphasis on a weak beat or a beat that is usually not emphasized.
What is syncopation?
This type of jazz, created in the 1950s and 60s, featured experimental, stream of conscious playing.
What is free jazz?
The rhythms of jazz music were inspired from the rhythms of this continent.
What is Africa?
What is "Strange Fruit"
Who is Billie Holiday?
a composer that leads an orchestra from 1923-1974
Who is Duke Ellington?
This is the name for the main melody or theme in a jazz piece or song.
What is the head?
This type of jazz, popular in the 1910's, featured brass band marches, ragtime and blues with improvisations by trumpet, trombone, and clarinet over a "rhythm section" of piano, guitar or banjo, drums, and upright bass or tuba.
What is Dixieland?
This white band leader was one of the first leaders to have black musicians in his band.
Who is Benny Goodman?
What is "My Funny Valentine"
Who is Frank Sinatra?