True or False?
Swing music was also known as dance music.
What is true?
This musician was nicknamed "Satchmo", short for "Satchel Mouth".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Nightclub in Harlem where Bop gained notoriety.
What is Minton's Playhouse?
In what US city did Jazz originate?
What is New Orleans?
Dizzy Gillespie
What is the trumpet?
Blues music features a lot of repetition.
What is true?
What is the term for a place where people would secretly visit for live music and libation?
What is a Speakeasy?
Musical term for playing the "color" notes not usually in a chord.
What is chromaticism?
Which two beats are emphasized in the "Big 4" style of playing?
What are 2 and 4?
Charlie Parker
Alto Sax
Bebop is usually played at a slow pulse/tempo.
What is false?
What is the term for the progression of chords that a musician solos over?
Charlie Parker was also known by this nickname.
What is Yardbird/Bird?
What is one genre/style of music that influenced early jazz?
What are Caribbean, Blues, and Ragtime?
Bennie Goodman
Clarinet
The Charleston, Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Foxtrot are all subgenres of blues.
What is false?
Big Band leader who's plane was shot down during WWII.
Who is Glenn Miller?
What is the term for the last four bars of a Blues progression?
What is a turnaround?
What is Congo Square?
Duke Ellington
Piano
Freddie Keppard claimed to have invented jazz.
What is false? (For bonus points, who did?)
In a typical Swing Band/Big Band, who sets the style for the horns?
Who is the Lead Trumpet?
What is Laryngeal Diverticulum?
What group made the first jazz recording?
What is the Original Dixieland Jazz Band?
Buddy Bolden
Trumpet