PEOPLE
SONGS
BACKGROUND
100

Where did Ella Fitzgerald typically perform?

What is The Savoy Ballroom?

100

What genre of music was the song Take the A-Train?

What is Jazz?

100

What is Take the A-Train?

A- A movie

B- A play

C- A poem

D- A song

What is D- A song?

200

What did the Jazz community call Ella Fitzgerald?

What is the Queen of Jazz?

200

What is the name of the old famous jazz song?

What is Take the A-Train?

200

Why has "Take the A-Train" become famous?

What is it represented the cultural vibrance and artistic expression during the Harlem Renaissance?

300

What did Billy Strayhorn say writing the song "Take the A Train" felt like?

A- A poem

B- A letter to a friend

C- A sad song

D- An amazing performance

What is B- A letter to a friend?

300

Fill in the song lyrics

"You must take the A-Train

To go to Sugar Hill way up in ______"

What is Harlem?

300

What 1960s film was the song "Take the A Train" in?

A- The Paris Blues

B- The Russian Reds

C- The Australian Yellows

D- The Ireland Greens

What is A- The Paris Blues?

400

Who is the famous jazz pianist and orchestra leader?

Who is Duke Ellington?

400

Why did Billy Strayhorn write Take the A-Train?

What is in tribute of a NYC subway train?

400

When did the album "Take the A Train" come out?

A- 1956

B-1953

C-1941

D-1947

What is C- 1941?

500

Who made the song "Take the A Train"?

Who is Billy Strayhorn?

500

Who did Billy Strayhorn write "Take the A-Train" for?

What is Duke Ellington and his orchestra?

500

What was Billy Strayhorn's inspiration for the song "Take the A Train"?

What is the rumbling sound and movement of the NYC trains?