Show:
Count Basie
Bebop
Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker
Older Stuff
100
The instrument Count Basie plays
Piano
100
Was Bebop made for dancing?
No
100
The instrument Dizzy plays
What is the trumpet
100
The instrument Charlie plays
What is the saxophone
100
Where was Jazz BORN?
New Orleans
200
What style of jazz did Count Basie play?
Swing
200
Who invented Bebop?
Dizzy & Charlie
200
WHERE was Dizzy born?
South Carolina
200
WHERE was Charlie born?
Kansas City, Missouri
200
What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?
Satchmo
300
How did Count Basie get his nickname?
A radio DJ in the early 1920s gave it to him.
300
Name the TEMPO used for Bebop.
Prestissimo
300
WHEN was Dizzy born?
1917
300
WHEN was Charlie born?
1920
300
WHEN was SWING popular?
1930s-1940s
400
WHEN was Count Basie born?
1904
400
WHERE was Bebop invented?
New York City
400
What TWO things is Dizzy best known for in regards to how he LOOKS and what he PLAYS?
1. His puffed out cheeks. 2. His 45 degree bent trumpet
400
What was his nickname? BONUS: how did he get it?
1. Bird 2. he liked to eat chicken a lot
400
What instrument did Duke Ellington play?
piano
500
His band was known as the ____________ band ever.
"swingingest"
500
HOW was bebop invented?
Dizzy & Charlie would jam at Minton's Monday nights. They experimented and came up with this faster music (faster than swing)
500
What was Dizzy's personality? BONUS: what did he get to do because of it?
1. fun, joking, sense of humor 2. Goodwill Ambassador
500
About how old was Charlie when he died? BONUS: why did he die?
1. 34/35 2. he was extremely unhealthy
500
Name ALL the instruments in a big band.
1. Trumpet 2. Trombone 3. Saxophone 4. Drums 5. Bass 6. Piano 7. Guitar 8. Vocalist