Jazz
Jazz originated in this city.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This happens when a leader begins a vocal line which is then followed by a choral response.
A song sung without any music
a cappella
Soul songs were created when gospel songs were changed into secular songs by doing this to the lyrics.
Rewriting
This is what we call a large group of 10 or more musicians performing jazz.
Big Band
This is the ability to create music on the spot or simultaneously. The musician is the creator.
Improvisation***
Blues originated from these two states.
Mississippi and Texas
the center of gospel music
Chicago
This artist was known as the Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
These are the top 3 jazz centers of America.
New York City
New Orleans
Chicago
The Swing era happened during this decade.
1930's
BB King was also given this nickname.
King of the Blues
Thomas A. Dorsey
This artist used her music to protest racial injustice.
Nina Simone
This artist was also known as the King of Swing
Louie Prima
Bebop jazz is best described as this.
Improvised and complicated
This is a subgenre of blues that features fingerpicking, and bottleneck slide guitar techniques.
Gospel sounds a lot like this genre.
Soul
This artist taught himself how to play piano and read braille sheet music.
Ray Charles
Work songs and spirituals.
This artist was well known for performing cool jazz.
Miles Davis
There are 4 key elements of Blues Music:
Call and Response formats
Set Chord Structure
Focus on the guitarist/vocalist
AAB lyric structure
Many disapproved of Dorsey's gospel music for this reason.
It sounded too secular
In soul music, the main instrument of focus is this.
The vocals
This is a subgenre of blues that is usually played on the piano, features a fast tempo, and syncopated rhythms.