Jazz Part 4: Introduction to Jazz

Songs

100

This song talks about a basket. Ella Fitzgerald sang about it.

What is A Tisket a Tasket

200

What is the main characteristic of jazz?

Improvisation

300

When does the Jazz Age start?

1920s

Instruments

100

Name an instrument used mostly in jazz and blues (more than one correct answer)

Guitar, Saxophone, piano

200

Name the instrument Duke Ellington Played

Piano

300

Name the instrument Esperanza Spaulding Played

Upright Bass

Characteristics

100

What is creating a melody or solo on the spot?

Inprovisation

200

What is the leader making a call and the audience responding called?

Call and Response

300

Complex what gives jazz its unique sound (2 answers)

Harmony and chords

Artists

100

Name the artist whose initials are LA

Louis Armstrong

200

Name the artist whose initials are DE

Duke Ellington

300

Name the artist whose initials are EF

Ella Fitzgerald