1. This individual is sometimes viewed as the “father” of big band swing:
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Count Basie
c)
Fletcher Henderson
d)
Jimmie Lunceford
2. The practice of pitting one section against another in alternating patterns is called:
a)
antiphonal voicing
b)
mixed voicing
c)
double -tracking
d)
switch -hitting
3. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Count Basie’s solo style toward the end of
his career?
a)
Almost inactive left hand
b)
Long, complicated melodies in right hand
c)
Rhythmically precise
d)
Emphasizes upper register
4. This Ellington sideman came to be known as the father of the jazz bass solo:
a)
Cootie Williams
b)
Tricky Sam Nanton
c)
Johnny Hodges
d)
Jimmy Blanton
5. This swing artist was discovered at a talent contest at Harlem’s Apollo Theater:
a)
Lester Young
b)
Billie Holiday
c)
Ella Fitzgerald
d)
Usher
6. The famous nick name given to Billie Holiday by her close friend Lester Young was:
a) Sister girl
b) Empress
c) Lady Day
d) Her Ladyship
7. The two most prominent alto saxophone players of the swing period were Johnny
Hodges and
a) Coleman Hawkins
b) Roy Eldridge
c) Benny Carter
d) Lester Young
8. Coleman Hawkins’ most famous recording was of the song:
a) All the things you are
b) Body and Soul
c) Cottontail
d) Ko-Ko
9. The jazz rhythm section consists of piano, guitar„ and
a) Drums and tuba
b)
Drums and trumpets
c) Drums and bass
d) Drums
10. Earl (Fatha) Hines, Louis Armstrong’s recording partner, developed a piano style that
was called:
a) Harlem Stride
b) Brooklyn Stride
c) Trumpet Style
d) Trombone Style
11. A head arrangement, a popular arranging technique of Kansas City territory bands,”is
a) An informal arrangement often worked out collectively in rehearsal or even
during performance.
b) A complex arrangement requiring many hours of preparation and rehearsal.
c) An arrangement which allows band members to alternate bathroom breaks.
d) None of the Above
12. Country blues appears to have originated primarily on/in:
a) The Louisiana bayous
b) The Florida panhandle
c) The Mississippi Delta
d)
Alabama share -cropping plantations
13. In the 1920s the widely acclaimed “Empress of the Blues” was:
a)
Mamie Smith
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Clara Smith
d)
Alberta Hunter
14. This New Orleans musician is sometimes regarded as the first great composer of jazz:
a)
Jelly Roll Morton
b)
Kid Ory
d)
Sidney Bechet
e)
Louis Armstrong
15. The three major substyles of modern jazz in the 40’s and 50’s were bebop, cool jazz,
and
.
a) third stream
b)
mainstream
c) hard bop
d) Cubop
16. The most important jazz singer to emerge in the 1940s was:
a) Betty Carter
b) Ella Fitzgerald
c) Anita O’Day
d) Sarah Vaughan
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17. Which of the following was Charlie Parker’s main instrument?
a)
soprano saxophone
b) alto saxophone
17. Which of the following was Charlie Parker’s main instrument?
a)
soprano saxophone
b) alto saxophone
c) tenor saxophone
d) trumpet
18. In which important jazz city did Charlie Parker grow up?
a)
Chicago
b)
New Orleans
c)
New York
d)
Kansas City
19. Charlie Parker’s classic quartet included a young trumpet player named who replaced
Dizzy Gillespie:
a) Red Rodney
b) Chet Baker
c)
Clifford Brown
d)
Miles Davis
20. In 1952 this
Birth of the Cool
veteran organized a successful piano -less quartet in Los
Angeles:
a) Dave Brubeck
b)
Shorty Rodgers
c) Gerry Mulligan
d) John Lewis
21. This white arranger was an important collaborator of Miles Davis in the 1950s:
a) Gil Evans
b) Marty Paich
c)
Nelson Riddle
d)
Bill Russo
22. The most imitated pianist in the bebop era was:
a) Thelonius Monk
b) Al Haig
c) Miles Davis
d) Bud Powell
23. Stan Getz, one of the most popular tenor saxophonists in jazz history, had an
approach and sound which were greatly inspired by:
a) Sidney Bechet
b) Lester Young
c) Coleman Hawkins
d) John Coltrane
24. Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way were Miles Davis albums which ushered in the
style called:
a)
Jazz fusion
b) Jazz fission
c) Jazz/rock amalgam
d) Bop rock
25. The ground -breaking album Kind of Blue was recorded by Miles Davis in:
a) 1949
b) 1959
c) 1969
d) 1979
26. True/False. Miles Davis recorded an album that was released in 1992 which featured
Kurtis Blow and the Fat Boys.
27. The three cities from which many hard bop era players emerged were:
a) New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
b) New York, Newark, Detroit
c) New York, Philadelphia, Detroit
d) New York, Chicago, St. Louis
28. For forty years this
drummer
led a band called the Jazz Messengers, a revolving
conservatory for young players that helped to launch the careers of many eminent
soloists:
a) Miles Davis
b) Art Blakey
c) Kenny Clarke
d) Herbie Nichols
29. Name an important hard bop pianist, composer, and bandleader:
a)
Horace Silver
b)
Charles Mingus
c)
Max Roach
d)
Art Farmer
30. After the Civil War, black musicians first attracted widespread attention through the
triumphant international tour of:
a)
The first all -black minstrelsy troupe
b)
Bert Williams
c)
Jack Johnson
d)
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
31. The New Orleans red-light district that provided a cultural environment congenial to
the first jazz bands was called:
a)
Storyville
b)
Hell’s Kitchen
c)
The Devil’s Throat
d)
The French Quarter
32. In the 1920s the link between country blues and classic blues was:
a)
Mamie Smith
b)
Bessie Smith
c)
Ma Rainey
d)
Alberta Hunter
33. The first jazz record was made by
, in
a)
The Creole Jazz Band / 1923
b)
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
/
1917
c)
Spike’s Seven Pods of Pepper! 1922
d)
The Creole Band / 1917
34.. During a tour of England in the early 1920s Sidney Bechet fell in love with, and
permanently adopted, which of the following instruments?
a)
clarinet
b)
soprano saxophone
c)
C -melody saxophone
d)
alto saxophone
35. In 1924 Louis Armstrong married
, who played an important role in
his future career.
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Alberta Hunter
c)
Ethel Waters
d)
Lil Hardin
36. The first blues recording,” Crazy Blues,” was recorded in 1920 on Okeh records by:
a) Bessie Smith
b) Alberta Hunter
c) Mamie Smith
d) Paris Hilton
37. The
was far more common than the
in early jazz
groups.
a) saxophone; clarinet
b) clarinet; saxophone
c) trombone; trumpet
d) violin; cello
38. Creoles of Color in New Orleans were people of
a) the French Quarter
b) pure African heritage
c) pure French/Spanish heritage
d) a mix of African and French/Spanish ancestry
39. TRUE
FALSE?
The Harlem Renaissance was primarily a political movement,
having the aim of securing equal rights for blacks.
40. This individual has come to be known as the greatest composer in jazz history:
a)
Fletcher Henderson
b)
Don Redman
c)
Paul Whiteman
d)
Duke Ellington
41. The accentuation of rhythms that ordinarily go unaccented in western music is called:
a)
meter
b)
tempo
c)
swing
d)
syncopation
42. Which early black leader took an activist stance foreshadowing that of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.?
a)
Bert Williams
b)
Jack Johnson
c)
W. E. B. Du Bois
d)
Booker T. Washington
43. The pianist in John Coltrane’s classic quartet was:
a) Herbie Hancock
b) Chick Corea
c)
McCoy Tyner
d) Bill Evans
44. In his embrace of the radical avant garde late in life, John Coltrane drew inspiration
from young tenor saxophonists like
a) Wayne Shorter
b) Michael Brecker
c) Stan Getz
d) Albert Ayler
45. Bossa nova was a blend of cool jazz harmonies with the rhythms of this Latin-
American country:
a) Puerto Rico
b) Cuba
c) Jamaica
d) Brazil
46. The blend of rock or funk with jazz is called
.
a) boogaloo
b) soul jazz
c) bossa nova
d)
fusion
47. The undisputed leader of the Young Lions was a trumpet player named
a) Woody Shaw
b) Freddie Hubbard
c) Randy Brecker
d) Wynton Marsalis
48. This fusion band, led by Herbie Hancock, was one of the first to successfully wed
jazz (improvisation) and funk:
a)
Headhunters
b) Weather Report
c) Mahavishnu Orchestra
d) Return to Forever
49. This 1969 album by Miles Davis officially and dramatically launched the fusion
movement:
a) Bitches Brew
b)
In a Silent Way
c)
Filles de Kilimanjaro
d) On
the Corner
50.
This songwriter had a powerful influence on the emergence of bossa nova:
a)
Irving Berlin
b)
Astrud Gilberto
c)
Airto Moreira
d)
Antonio Carlos Jobim
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43. The pianist in John Coltrane’s classic quartet was:
a) Herbie Hancock
b) Chick Corea
c)
McCoy Tyner
d) Bill Evans
44. In his embrace of the radical avant garde late in life, John Coltrane drew inspiration
from young tenor saxophonists like
a) Wayne Shorter
b) Michael Brecker
c) Stan Getz
d) Albert Ayler
45. Bossa nova was a blend of cool jazz harmonies with the rhythms of this Latin-
American country:
a) Puerto Rico
b) Cuba
c) Jamaica
d) Brazil
46. The blend of rock or funk with jazz is called
.
a) boogaloo
b) soul jazz
c) bossa nova
d)
fusion
47. The undisputed leader of the Young Lions was a trumpet player named
a) Woody Shaw
b) Freddie Hubbard
c) Randy Brecker
d) Wynton Marsalis
48. This fusion band, led by Herbie Hancock, was one of the first to successfully wed
jazz (improvisation) and funk:
a)
Headhunters
b) Weather Report
c) Mahavishnu Orchestra
d) Return to Forever
49. This 1969 album by Miles Davis officially and dramatically launched the fusion
movement:
a) Bitches Brew
b)
In a Silent Way
c)
Filles de Kilimanjaro
d) On
the Corner
50.
This songwriter had a powerful influence on the emergence of bossa nova:
a)
Irving Berlin
b)
Astrud Gilberto
c)
Airto Moreira
d)
Antonio Carlos Jobim
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