I say Minstrelsy, You say Vaudeville
This era of Vaudeville featured performances in theaters which also showcased photoplays.
What is mid-era Vaudeville?
This early jazz musician passed a historic opportunity to be the first to record jazz.
Who was Freddie Keppard?
The passing of this amendment to the United States Constitution enacted Prohibition in 1919.
What was the 18th amendment?
This large movement of African American citizens brought jazz to northern cities such as St. Louis, Chicago, and New York.
What was The Great Migration?
This was the name of the first song performed in outer space. A) Happy Birthday B) Row Your Boat C) ABC Song
What is Happy Birthday?
This Vaudeville blues singer was known as the "Mother of Blues."
Who was Ma Rainey or Gertrude Pridgett?
A popular style of early jazz instrument playing which restricted the performer to the rear of a traveling wagon.
What is tailgate trombone?
While owned by the mob, this speakeasy featured the top jazz talent of the 1920s.
What was the Cotton Club?
This was the first recording device to feature sound waves marked onto a rotating wax cylinder.
What was the Phonograph?
In what century did the first music streaming service begin?
A) 19th B) 20th C) 21st
What is the 19th? The first streaming service was in 1897. It was called the Telharmonium.
This era of Vaudeville featured performances in alcohol free halls and in front of children.
What is early-era Vaudeville?
The passing of this law in 1877 brought together freed slaves and creoles of color resulting in the birth of jazz music.
What is the Jim Crow Law?
Before demanding full abstinence, this female advocacy group originally called for drinking in moderation.
What was the Temperance Movement?
The name of the first swing dance style to originate from Harlems' Savoy Ballroom.
What was the Lindy Hop?
What insects have been shown to like music?
A) Spiders B) Termites C) Beetles
What are Termites? Australian scientists have shown termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
This famous African American "mime" introduced new subject matter and content into Vaudeville performances.
Who was Bert Williams?
This was the first integrated jazz band in history.
Who were the Red Hot Peppers?
This famous criminal ran a network of illegal speakeasies in New York and in Chicago.
Who was Al Capone?
A famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance who's writings demonstrated a "musical" connection to early form in jazz music.
Who was Langston Hughes?
This is the total number of songs featured on Apple Music as of 2019.
A) 30 million B) 45 million C) 50 million
What is 50 million?
This professional song writer gave Americans much of their "parlor" sing along songs during the late 19th Century.
Who was Steven Foster?
This record company was the first to "release" a jazz record in 1917.
Who is RCA records?
The law of Prohibition established these three statutes.
What is the prohibiting of alcohol production, manufacturing, and transportation?
This famous jazz pianist premiered at the Cotton Club in 1927 and went on to receive international fame.
Who was Duke Ellington?
The total number of years your professor has been playing guitar.
A) 18 years B) 26 years C) 32 years
What is 32 years?