Black History Month (2)

Question 1

Blues and Jazz both influenced each other

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which of these is a music that Miles Davis Played?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 3

Which of these kinds of music incorporates improvisation?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 4

Louis Armstrong was a famous jazz artist with a gravely voice and also played the clarinet

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Robert Johnson was a Blues piano player

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Jazz musicians, unlike gospel musicians, did not face racism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

John Colrane was...

Accepted Answer

A jazz saxophone player

Question 8

Jazz is a simple music with simple melodies and rhythms

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which of these is a type of song sung while being forced to work?

Accepted Answer

Field Holler

Question 10

Which of these artists was famous for scat singing?

Accepted Answer

Ella Fitzgerald

Question 11

Who is a modern blues singer?

Accepted Answer

Tracy Chapman

Question 12

Count Basie led a jazz big band

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Duke Ellington was a West African musician

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

A minstrel is...

Accepted Answer

typically white actor who wears "blackface"

Question 15

Blues was influenced by work songs and Chinese traditional music

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Which music involves improvisation?

Accepted Answer

jazz

Question 17

According to legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul...

Accepted Answer

to the devil

Question 18

Miles Davis played cool jazz

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Who was a famous Blues singer?

Accepted Answer

Bessie Smith

Question 20

Which of these artists was the first recorded blues artist?

Accepted Answer

Mamie Smith

Questions 20