Jazz History

This man had a big band with a symphonic style that included a string section

What event occured during the Ragtime era

She was one of the most successful black performing artists of her time, producing 200 recordings

This is a Latin Percussion instrument

This person led the Tonight Show band for over 20 years

This man was a well respected band leader, clarinetist, and saxophonist during the big band boom

This person is best known for his facility in the high register of the trumpet

Joe Zawinul also wrote this famous song:

This person formed and co-led a big band with Thad Jones

Swing was performed by a smaller ensemble than Dixieland

Cool jazz developed at about the same time as bebop

This man wrote the famous song "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"

This pianist used to play so percussively, he'd break keys off the piano

This performer had his trumpets made with a 45 degree angle to the bell

Another term for early jazz is

This bandleader was known for his pastel style

Cool Jazz was popular for only a few years

Cool Jazz developed around the same time as bebop

A characteristic of jazz-rock is the rhythm section often plays a series of syncopated repeated notes to create a groove

Miles Davis moved to New York to perform with his idol, Charlie Parker

This man was a percussionist who performed in Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban orchestra

The blues is predominantly an instrumental tradition

This music is typically more electronic than acoustic

Jazz combines music of the plantations of America's South with European-American music influences

Cool jazz may have been influenced by 20th century composers Stravinsky and Debussy

In ragtime, the piano player usually played the syncopated part with his or her right hand

This man played guitar in Stan Kenton's band

This music was characterized as having a high degree of dissonance

This man was one of the most important contributors to the development of jazz

This man plays electric guitar

This bandleader was also very influential in helping to develop jazz education programs

This band leader emphasized composition over improvisation, and his bands were precise

Primarily Swing music used many written arrangements

Jazz-rock fusion combines jazz improvisation and chord progressions with the rhythms of rock

Early ragtime music was composed primarily for the banjo

Big band music dwindled in popularity during the 1930s and 1940s

This man composed St. Louis Blues

Free Jazz was characterized by tight ensemble playing of written arrangements

Bebop was intended primarily for dancing

The phrases and melodies in bebop were very irregular in length