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Jazz music typically has odd
What is time signatures, rhythms and tempos
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Known as the main instrument in many styles of Jazz
What is the trumpet
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Jazz began in the late 1800's and early 1900's with the founding of this city
What is New Orleans
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Covered by Blues singer Etta James in 1960
What is At Last
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One of the most distinct jazz instruments around but it never found a place in the genre until 1920.
What is the saxophone
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Jazz music contains changes to this that are uncommon to other music
What is key signatures
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Capable of playing at volumes higher then other woodwinds
What is the saxophone
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from 1930-1945 when jazz music was moving from its rigid rhythms of ragtime this was known as
What is the swing era
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An American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a very well known jazz musician.
What is Louis Armstrong
200
The period of time between the end of World War I and the Great Depression is known as
What is The Jazz Age
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Jazz often contains complex
What is harmonies, melodies and rhythms
300
Can play both single notes and chords rather then only single notes
What is the piano
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1915-1930 is known as
What is the early jazz era
300
One of the most recognized jazz songs played with Benny Goodman on clarinet
What is Sing, Sing, Sing
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Jazz music is a combination of
What is Ragtime, marching band music and blues
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Jazz is often sung using
What is improvisation
400
Duke Ellington used this as the leading instrument in his works
What is the clarinet
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1945-1955 when artists were trying to get rid of jazz's dance hall roots and turn it into "art music" is known as
What is the be bop era
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Known as one of the most important band leaders in music he was a hugely popular pianist, composer and big-band leader
What is Duke Ellington
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This book by F. Scott Fitzgerald was based on the Jazz Age
What is Great Gatsby
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Stressing normally unaccented beats or tying over a not to the next measure
What is syncopation
500
Complements the bassist and improvisation
What is the trombone
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1955-1960 is known as
What is cool jazz era
500
Song preformed most famously by Billie Holiday written as a poem exposing american racism
What is Strange Fruit
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Jazz was born out of a mix of these two music traditions
What is African and European