Early Jazz
An early rhythm section was made up of these instruments
Drums, String Bass/Tuba, Guitar/Banjo, Piano
Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet
This is the decade of the “Golden Age of Radio”
What is the 1930s
This style is characterized by 18 instrumentalists playing together. Often times the leader was called a "Band Leader"
This artist is known as the King of Rock and Roll!
Who is Elvis Presley?
Louis Armstrong is famous as a player of this instrument
What is the Trumpet?
This band leader and Trombone player toured for soldiers during WWII, and famously vanished on a plane on December 15, 1944
Who is Glenn Miller?
This is the decade televisions became wildly popular in homes
What is the 1950s
This style of music is described as "Honky Tonk" and featured low sung melodies and limited instruments.
What is Country Music?
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Who is Rocky?
This early Jazz style is know as
What is New Orleans style jazz
This famous band leader and clarinet player responsible for hits such as "Swing Swing Swing", got his big break on the 1935 radio show "Let's Dance"
Who is Benny Goodman?
This is the decade that Teen Idols such as Frankie Avalon began to rise to fame
When is the 1950s
This style of music is often sung "a cappella" or with very few instruments and received its name from the nonsense words in the background
What is Doo-Wop?
This is the female R&B artist we talked about in the 1950s
Who is Ruth Brown?
This style of early jazz is know as
What is Chicago style?
This is the famous vocalist who performed with Tommy Dorsey in the 1940s and sang the song "Stardust"
This style was popularized after the 1955 teen deliquent movie "Blackboard Jungle" released with the song "Rock Around the Clock"
What is Rock and Roll?
This style was first coined by Alan Freed and features the electric guitar
What is Rock and Roll?
This is the third planet from the sun
What is Earth?
The front line in a early New Orleans or Chicago style jazz band typically consisted of these three instruments.
Trumpet/Cornet, Clarinet, Trombone
This is the reason for the major decline in big bands in the mid 1940s
What is the musicians strike?
These two things led to the decline of Big Bands
What is WW2 and the Musicians Strike
This style rose to popularity as the musician's strike came to a close and featured artists such as Nat King Cole and Ruth Brown.
What is R&B?
What does R&B mean?