JAZZ IN THE 20TH CENTURY EXAM

An open space in New Orleans famous for its African music and dances

Where was Bebop created?

Scholars believe communal dances in New Orleans evolved into Second Line Funeral Processions

Who was Buddy Bolden? Select all that apply.

"Cool" is a jazz term that originally implied a lifestyle, while "Cool Jazz" was an emerging opponent to bebop

During WWII, jazz was what kind of music in the U.S.?

What aspect of jazz has been a major point of academic conflict over the decades?

Which record company exposed black artists the most in the 1920s?

Blues created a sense of camaraderie between African Americans

During WWII, Duke Ellington hosted a weekly radio program that sold what product?

Scholars believe that bebop moved jazz from ______ to ______.

The rise in piano production in the U.S. caused the explosion of what music in the late 19th/early 20th century?

During what era was jazz seen as "mainstream," according to Stanely Dance?

"Ragtime" was a compositional style, while "Rag" was a performance style.

What is another word for "the blending together of cultural elements that perviously existed separately?"

What groups helped support the brass bands in New Orleans?

Saxophone acted as a "battleground" between the Harlem of literary aspirations & Harlem of jazz and blues.

Which city is NOT in the "jazz triangle?"

What kind of music did NOT influence the development of "hard bop?"

The Excelsior Brass band supported the experimental sound of Buddy Bolden's group.

Many jazz musicians were forced to do non-jazz work during the 1950s.

In Joe "King" Oliver's band, no instrument was the dominant instrument

What made other locations in the U.S. notice New Orleans as a musical headquarters?

Bebop melodies were secondary, and its emphasis was on individual solos.

Which form of blues had closer ties to jazz?

Spain renewed control of New Orleans in 1800

There are theories that bebop was NOT a reaction to commercial jazz.

What was a central aspect to hard bop?

The Hard Bop genre was largely practiced by white musicians

Lincoln Gardens was where many attended to listen to Chicago jazz in the early 1920s

What aspect mattered most in hard bop?