Jazz Review

Swing composers wanted people to listen to their music, not dance along.

Benny Goodman played the clarinet.

Which of these musicians played trumpet during the Cool Jazz era?

The solo instrument of ragtime is clarinet.

Jazz Fusion combines jazz and country music.

Louis Armstrong was known as a great trumpeter and singer.

To which subgenre of jazz does this example belong?

In the beginning of jazz, influences were taken from Europe and...

Most high school and college jazz bands primarily play this style of jazz.

Who wrote Strange Fruit, the blues song written about the horrors of lynching in the South?

What popular genre of music came out of swing (and jazz in general)?

This form of jazz does not use conventional rhythms or harmonies.

What technique allowed musicians to sustain a note indefinitely?

A slow swing tune is known as a

Dixieland was created in New York, NY.

To which subgenre of jazz does this example belong?

To electronically make sounds louder is called dampening.

This subgenre of jazz was meant for dancing.

Blues music was about the struggles of life, particularly of African Americans.

To which subgenre of jazz does this example belong?

Which of these musicians played the saxophone?

Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday both sang which subgenre?

What is the proper term for large swing bands?

Who played both classical and jazz clarinet?

All Ragtime music has a singer.

Cool jazz was the earliest form of jazz.

Miles Davis was a famous ragtime trumpet player.

Improvisation is making up music on the spot (not written down).

Duke Ellington wrote large arrangements for his band during this era.

This is when a phrase or an idea is repeated back and forth between two groups of musicians.

Jazz music was popular during WWII.

In what jazz sub-genre did skat singing become popular?

To which subgenre of jazz does this example belong?

Music in slavery served a functional role.

Who was a famous bebop trumpet player?

Billie Holliday had a cool jazz group that was famous on the west coast.

Which style of jazz followed WWII and focused on agitation and aggressive music?

To which subgenre of jazz does this example belong?

Ella Fitzgerald was a famous swing trumpeter.

Jazz music is always fast.

Which style of music was founded in New Orleans, usually comprised of trumpet, clarinet, trombone, & rhythm section?

Name the most important city in the formation of early jazz.

The most common form of blues is the __-bar blues.

Tito Puente was well-known for his Dixieland jazz.

What early jazz was written for solo piano?