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100
This Jazz musician is credited with popularizing scat-singing.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
100
Miles Davis was a leader in this Jazz movement that followed the emotional intensity of bebop.
What is cool jazz?
100
Louis Armstrong was known for playing this instrument.
What is the trumpet?
100
It's that thing when a jazz musician creates a melody on the spot.
What is improvisation?
100
This made alcohol illegal and indirectly fueled the popularity of Jazz.
What is prohibition?
200
This white clarinetist was titled "The King of Swing".
Who was Benny Goodman?
200
This alternate name for "Swing" reflects the size its ensemble.
What is "Big Band"?
200
Thelonious Monk was known for playing this instrument.
What is the piano?
200
It's the route used to travel northward in the early 1900's in hopes of finding more jobs and less segregation. They brought Jazz with them.
What was the Mississippi River?
200
Jazz was the music of choice in these underground nightclubs.
What are speakeasies?
300
This bebop sax player was a leader in experimentation in the free jazz movement.
Who was John Coltrane?
300
It's the genre of Jazz heard here. (Listen)
What is Swing or Big Band?
300
Charlie Parker was known for playing this instrument.
What is the saxophone?
300
It's that thing when a jazz singer sings nonsense syllables instead of real words.
What is scat-singing?
300
This New York City neighborhood became the center of musical, artistic, and literary creativity for African-Americans in the 1920s.
What is Harlem?
400
She is the famous Jazz singer heard here. (listen)
Who was Ella Fitzgerals?
400
It's the genre of Jazz heard here. (listen)
What is Bebop?
400
The rhythm section of a jazz ensemble includes the drums, bass, and this instrument.
What is the piano?
400
It's that thing when everyone in a jazz band stops playing for a measure or two and a soloist plays alone.
What is a break?
400
This woman was one of the first influential female Jazz musicians. She also happened to be Louis' wife.
Who was Lil' Hardin Armstrong?
500
This player is famous for the irregular shape of his instrument, which according to his auto-biography, was originally the result of an accident.
Who was Dizzy Gillespie?
500
It's the genre of Jazz heard here. (listen)
What is Fusion?
500
This early Jazz instrument originated in West Africa.
What is the banjo?
500
These were laws in the South that made segregation and discrimination legal.
What were Jim Crow laws?
500
Jazz originated in New Orleans as a fusion of musical styles from these three international regions.
What are Caribbean, African, and European?