Why are Jelly Roll Morton’s 1923 recordings with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings significant?

First racially integrated recording session

How did prohibition affect the jazz community?

Provided work opportunities as speakeasies

Stride refers to which aspect of a pianist’s performance?

Left hand alternation between bass and chords

New Orleans jazz primarily featured which of the following musical textures?

Polyphonic – collective improvisation

What was Paul Whitman’s goal with “An Experiment in Modern Music” concert?

Jazz elements can form the foundation of highbrow art music

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CH 4 & 5: Jazz in New Orleans and New York

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New Orleans Jazz, Dixieland Jazz, Swing Era, Duke Ellington, James P Johnson, Dance Bands, Symphonic Jazz, Collective Improvisation

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1
Considered the “Father of Stride” piano:
James P. Johnson
Scott Joplin
Duke Ellington
Jelly Roll Morton
2
All are true of Ellington in the 20’s and 30’s except:
Elevated jazz as intellectual music
Focused only on blues
Made stride a part of his compositional style
Clarified nature of big-band jazz
3
Tin Pan Alley gave birth to which of the following careers?
Publisher
Conductor
Arranger
Percussionist
4
Sidney Bechet is responsible for establishing this instrument as a jazz instrument
Banjo
Clarinet
Piano
Saxophone
5
Why are Jelly Roll Morton’s 1923 recordings with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings significant?
Took place in New Orleans
Took place in Chicago
Live recordings in a jazz club
First racially integrated recording session
6
How did prohibition affect the jazz community?
Provided work opportunities as speakeasies
Caused musicians to become full tie composers
Encouraged musicians to avoid alcohol
Caused musicians to migrate away large cities
7
What was unusual about the front line in King Oliver’s Creole Jazz band?
Included Violin
Two Trombones
Two Saxophones
Two Clarinets
8
Who led the Onward Brass Band?
Manuel Perez
Joe Oliver
Jelly Roll Morton
Freddie Keppard
9
Stride refers to which aspect of a pianist’s performance?
Two handed block chords
Walking accompaniments
Left hand alternation between bass and chords
Left hand tremolo
10
Which instruments are included in the front line of a New Orleans jazz band?
Trumpet, clarinet, trombone
Clarinet, flute, saxophone
Trumpet, trombone, saxophone
Piano, tuba, drums
11
Music describing specific places, people or events is called:
Art Music
Tin Pan Alley
Narrative
Programmatic
12
New Orleans jazz primarily featured which of the following musical textures?
a. Fully composed melodies and countermelodies
Monophonic – solo
Homophonic – solo & accompaniment
Polyphonic – collective improvisation
13
What was the form of most New Orleans’s jazz compositions?
Strophic
16 Bar Blues
Rag Form
AABA
14
What was Art Hickman’s main contribution to jazz style?
Established string section
Preserved New Orleans small group sound
Established saxophone section
Founded an important record label
15
What was Paul Whitman’s goal with “An Experiment in Modern Music” concert?
Show Louis Armstrong is the “King of Jazz”
Show that blues was the soul of jazz
Jazz elements can form the foundation of highbrow art music
Show New Orleans jazz is authentic

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