stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Jazz History & Legends Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Jazz History & Legends
Jazz History & Legends
20 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
2,992 plays
Questions surrounding Jazz History and influential Jazz Musicians.
Flashcards
20 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
20
Answers
1
"Anything goes" Jazz Artists put what types of music together to create unique Jazz sounds?
Swing
Hard bop & Bebop
Blues & Ragtime
All Types
2
The Dixieland style of Jazz developed in what City before spreading to Chicago & New York?
New Orleans
Atlanta
Baton Rouge
Chicago
3
A style of jazz is characterized by relaxed tempos & lighter tones different from bebop style:
Latin Jazz
Cool Jazz
Jazz Rock
Jazz Funk
4
This American Jazz trumpeter was know for his swollen cheeks and signature bent trumpet :
Miles Davis
Buddy Rich
Dizzy Gillespie
Fats Domino
5
Although he remained misunderstood, his compositions had a large influence on Modern Jazz_____.
Fats Domino
Stevie Ray
Thelonius Monk
Jimi Hendrix
6
Dizzy was one of the first to combine Carribean & Brazilian rhythms with Jazz, a genre known as
Jazz Fusion
Cool Jazz
Latin Jazz
Smooth Jazz
7
Jazz Combines Elements of which of these types of music?
Ragtime
Bigband
Bebop
Blues
8
This Jazz trumpeter is credited with fathering the "cool" sound, very popular in the 1950s
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
Billy Holiday
Charlie Parker
9
What instrument was the influential 20th century Jazz musician Art Tatum best known for?
Bass
Cello
Tuba
Piano
10
Jazz History has its roots in what American Cities?
Nashville, Atlanta,Miami
Philly, Detroit, Houston
Las Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle
New Orleans, Chicago, and New York
11
One of the first creators of Modern Jazz and bebop, this artist was know for his playful music.
Thelonius Monk
Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
Art Tatum
12
What instrument was Louis Armstrong best known for playing his Jazz music with?
Bass
Trombone
Saxaphone
Trumpet
13
Who of these Artists is NOT considered to be one of the "JAZZ GREATS" ?
Miles Davis
Jimmy Hendrix
Louis Armstrong
Thelonius Monk
14
Which of these is one of Miles Davis' best known compositions?
Black Satin
All Blues
Seven Steps to Heaven
Milestones
15
This type of musical ensemble originated in the U.S. and consists of 12-25 musicians:
Black Spiritual
Dixieland
R&B
Big Band
16
Which of these is NOT one of Louis Armstrong's best known records?
Hello Dolly
Caravan
What Wonderful World
West End Blues
17
This Musician changed the shape of Jazz , paving the way for Jazz to be more complex & varied
Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
18
style of music that influenced Jazz and is characteristic of 'ragged' rhythms.
Big Band
Ragtime
Dixieland
Blues
19
Melancholic music of folk origin that came of out the southern U.S. in the 1940s_______
R&B
Blues
Classical
Pop
20
In What city did Art Tatum gain his notoriety during the 1930s?
New Orleans
Chicago
New York
L.A.
