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Jazz Vocabulary
Listening Examples
Musicians
Instrument Families
Styles of Jazz
100
What you get when you combine piano, drums and bass.
What is a rhythm section?
100
This ragtime piece was written by Scott Joplin, and is commonly heard in the summertime.
What is The Entertainer?
100
This cornet player began playing music when he was detained for a crime. He later became an ambassador for jazz all over the world.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
100
Flute, clarinet, oboe and saxophone all belong to this family.
What is the woodwind family?
100
Piano music from the late 1800's; featuring solo piano.
What is ragtime?
200
A performing group of ten or fewer people.
What is a jazz combo?
200
This piece, written by Dave Brubeck, is in 5/4 time.
What is Take Five?
200
This artist was awarded an art scholarship, but turned it down to become a piano player.
Who is Duke Ellington?
200
Guitar, viola, cello and mandolin are all part of this family.
What is the string family?
200
We can categorize Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" as this type of jazz.
What is smooth jazz?
300
Creating new rhythms and melodies as you go.
What is improvisation?
300
God Bless the Child is the only piece we heard that is sung by a female. That vocalist is...
Who is Billie Holiday?
300
This artist started a promising career very young, but did not reach full potential due to abuse of drugs and alcohol.
Who is Billie Holiday?
300
Drums, triangle, cymbals and cowbell are all part of this instrument family.
What is the percussion family?
300
The only style of jazz that features singing.
What is vocal jazz?
400
A group with more than ten people, instruments in sections.
What is a big band?
400
This swing piece was made famous by Benny Goodman in the 1940's.
What is Sing, Sing, Sing?
400
This big band leader was an originator of swing music, who disappeared in a plane crash in the mid-1940's.
Who is Glenn Miller?
400
Tuba, trumpet, trombone and bugle are all members of this family.
What is the brass family?
400
A fast type of jazz, featuring many notes, strange chords and dissonance.
What is bebop?
500
A set of songs that an artist regularly plays.
What is repertoire?
500
In this piece by Miles Davis, the opening instrumental part "says" the title.
What is So What?
500
This trumpet player, who loved bebop, developed a unique sound that set him apart from other jazz trumpeters.
Who is Miles Davis?
500
The piano can be placed in both of these instrument families.
What are strings and percussion?
500
Dave Brubeck is an example of an artist who plays this type of jazz.
What is West Coast Jazz?