Dixieland
In what southern city was Dixieland music most popular?
New Orleans
Easily the most well known composer of "raggedy-time" music, as it was sometimes called.
Scott Joplin
His career was centered at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NYC, and is the most personally recorded Swing King.
Duke Ellington
True or false? The typical Bebop ensemble was bigger than the typical swing band and more audience friendly.
False, they were smaller and more of "musicians' music" for the attentive listener.
This woodwind instrument family found its home in the front row of swing era big bands.
Saxophone
The group of bandsmen that follows a New Orleans funeral procession.
Second Line
After selling some songs at a flat rate, Joplin negotiated to receive ___________ instead.
Royalties
He led the first racially integrated band and made jazz mainstream with a performance at Carnegie Hall.
Benny Goodman
John Coltrane's Hard Bop masterwork that is still a standard for aspiring jazz soloists today.
Giant Steps
Name a historical event that influenced the spread of jazz.
The Great Migration, advancements in recording technology, Prohibition
The texture of Dixieland music, where several soloists play alongside one another like characters at a party.
Polyphonic
Which city was referred to as the "hotbed of Ragtime music"?
St. Louis
This Kansas City Swing King's signature tune was One O'Clock Jump.
Count Basie
Dave Brubeck's Take Five is an example of this style of jazz, characterized by smooth playing and a bluer color palette.
Cool
The recognizable melody used as a basis for jazz songs can also be called the __________ of the tune.
Head
He popularized the soprano saxophone in America after being exposed to it in Paris.
Sidney Bechet
Ragtime music's memorable melodies and nostalgic use in films inspired this industry
Music boxes, specifically for ice cream trucks
This trombone-playing Swing King is best known for his ballad tune Moonlight Serenade.
Glenn Miller
This musician touched each jazz era from Bebop to Fusion with his own style, notably on his album Birth of the Cool.
Miles Davis
Which musical "sphere" does jazz belong to and why?
All 3.
Folk - has roots in labor and spiritual songs of Southern African Americans
Pop - became all the craze in the 20s-40s at the same time records began being sold.
Art - nowadays it's seen as an important cultural art form that needs preserved by trained musicians and historians.
He popularized the glissando technique on the trombone.
Kid Ory
Joplin's The Entertainer was used in the soundtrack to which film?
The Sting
Billy Strayhorn worked as an arranger and backup bandleader for which Swing King?
Duke Ellington
A member of the Bebop movement, he was known for his puffy cheeks and oddly shaped trumpet.
Dizzy Gillespie
Name one group/person that claims to be the founder of jazz music AND why.
Jelly Roll Morton - proved jazz could be written down and sold without compromising its improvised character.
Original Dixieland Jass Band - first recorded and sold with their song Tiger Rag.