Final (Jazz)

____ was one of the greatest jazz improvisers.

The use of a _____ allowed percussionists to stress the second and fourth beats of swing music.

In Jazz rock, the emphasis is not on the group sound, rather its on the individuality of single players.

_____ is music rooted in improvisation.

_____ style was typically played by a small group of five to eight performers.

____ encouraged Louis Armstrong's musical ambitions.

____ was a rebellion against the commercialism and written arrangements of swing bands.

Jazz was developed in _____.

With swing, the ____ became an important figure in jazz.

During the ____ era, percussionists had a more prominent role.

Duke Ellington broke the 3-minute "sound barrier" imposed by the 78-rpm record with which album?

In a swing band, melodies were often performed by entire sections, either in unison or harmony.

____ is a complex style of music usually written for small jazz groups consisting of four to six players.

____ is regarded as one of the most important swing band composers, arrangers, and conductors.

In swing, music was ____ and ____ instead of improvised.

Some swing bands featured signers such as ____, ____, and ____.

In 1922, Louis Armstrong went to Chicago to play ____ in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

In swing, ____ were usually based on 12-bar blues or on the melody of harmonies of a 32-bar popular song.

A ____ group includes acoustic wind and brass instruments along with synthesizers, electric piano, guitar, and bass.

The Album, ____ refers to the three movements of a suite, each one represents a period in African American history.

_____ is a combination of a steady beat and precision with a lilt, a sense of relaxation, and vitality.

____ is combining jazz improvisatory with rock rhythms and tone colors.

Bop performers were a special "in" group who sometimes drove other jazz musicians from the bandstand by using __ and __.

New Orleans jazz was usually based on a ____, ____, ____, ____, or ____.

Who made the comment, "My band is my instrument."

The ____ became one of the most important solo instruments during the swing era.

The typical swing band had about fourteen or fifteen musicians grouped into three sections ____, ____, and ____.

The Duke's music---sometimes in collaboration with Billy Strayhorn---is a product of constant ____ and ____.

_____ had a worldwide impact on jazz as both a trumpeter and singer.

The years _____ was known as the "swing era."

Bepop performers were distinguished by their ___, ___, and ___.

In Bepop, the drummer supplied irregular accents sometimes referred to as "_____".

The ____ established Armstrong's reputation as a leading jazz trumpeter.

____ produce a remarkable variety of tone colors.

Each swing band took pride in the distinctiveness of its sound, which it owed to its ____ as well as its ____.

____ wrote music for 3-minute band pieces, as well as for ballet, theater, church, and for television.

Swing was played mainly by ____.

____ became an anthem unto itself, eventually growing into a hymn for the civil rights movement.

Big bands were not very important during the 1930s.

Very little jazz was recorded before the year ____.