Roots of Jazz
A type of singing which helped to pace manual labor.
What is a work song?
This early jazz musician passed a historic opportunity to be the first to record jazz.
Who was Freddie Keppard?
A type of musical texture in which there are multiple independent melodic lines occurring simultaneously.
What is polyphony?
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?
A traditional folk style of singing which transformed call and response songs into religious poetry.
What is a spiritual or gospel music?
A popular style of early jazz instrument playing which restricted the performer to the rear of a traveling wagon.
What is tailgate trombone?
The first property of sound.
What is pitch?
This jazz pianist was credited with creating the Harlem Stride sound.
Who was James P. Johnson?
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.
The "Maple Leaf Rag" and the "Entertainer" are a few of this composer's musical lineage.
Who was Scott Joplin?
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?
A term used to describe an instruments tone color or sound.
What is timbre?
This location in New York was home to many early recording and music publishing companies.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
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.
The first recording device to feature sound waves marked onto a rotating wax cylinder.
What is a phonograph?
Regarded as the first local jazz celebrity in New Orleans, this musician helped to expose early jazz to a wider audience.
Who was Charles "Buddy" Bolden?
When "actively listening" to jazz, one must pay attention to which section of the song in order to identify the main musical idea.
What is the beginning?
A famous street in downtown New York which featured many exciting jazz night clubs and artists.
What is 52nd Street?
This is the total number of songs featured on Apple Music as of 2024.
A) 100 million B) 200 million C) 300 million
What is 100 million?
A rhythmically loose vocal song sung by southern plantation slaves regarding personal hardship.
What was a field holler?
This record company was the first to "release" a jazz record in 1917.
Who is RCA records?
While public leaders in Harlem accused jazz music of being too commercialized, they also felt it was too closely associated with................
What is minstrelsy or vaudeville.
An after hour meeting place where jazz musicians collaborated while also helping to off set the cost of monthly expenses for a resident in Harlem.
What are rent parties?
Your professor's favorite jazz pianist.
A) Art Tatum B) Duke Ellington C) Oscar Peterson
Who is Oscar Peterson?