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Mrs Cook's Jazz History Final
Mrs Cook's Jazz History Final
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History of #Jazz music
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what was improvisation like during swing music?
No improvisation was included
everyone improvised at once
a mix of everything and anything
solo improvisation
2
Acid Jazz was...
Jazz that combines elements of jazz, soul, funk, and disco
Jazz that was written while using drugs
Jazz that included a lot of weird instruments
Jazz that was really short
3
who was Nat king Cole?
a trumpeteer
a pianist and vocalist
a jit
a very intellectual person
4
What did blues evolve from?
Dixieland jazz
Work songs
Ragtime
sailor songs
5
What did Cool Jazz sound like?
it was faster and more emotional
It was slower and more emotional
It was faster and less emotional
it was slower and less emotional
6
Swing bands were popular in the 1930s and 40s. Why were they so popular?
People liked to listen to their smooth sounds
People liked to dance to their driving rhythm
There were no singers with swing bands
Classical violin was played in Swing Bands
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What is Jazz?
A musical quote
A musical sentence
A musical idea
A musical conversation
8
What were some characteristics of funky jazz?
complex scales
unorthodox
complex
simple
9
Who is considered the "King" of Bebop jazz?
Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Louis Armstrong
10
What is Improvisation?
Written music played on a jazz instrument
Spontaneous music in the moment
A type of bebop jazz
Spontaneous music only done by instrumentalists
11
Hard bop was a reaction to cool jazz because
cool jazz was boring
cool jazz deemphasized African roots
Cool jazz was taken over by white musicians
cool jazz was too interesting
12
Was swing music written down or played by ear?
written down
played by ear
both
neither
13
Why was cool jazz created?
As a reaction to ragtime
as a reaction to dixieland
As a reaction to bebop
As a reaction to swing
14
Dixieland had mostly written music
True
False
15
Who was Duke Ellington?
A novelist in the 1930's
A famous jazz musician
A baseball player
Competed in track and field in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
16
Why was New Orleans a perfect place for jazz to originate
People worked hard
It had beautiful architecture
It was a city of mixed cultures and music
The diverse cuisine was delicious
17
In the 1950s musicians created free jazz. What was it?
precise chord structures and improvised solos
no constraints or expectations
music with a steady tempo
no music
18
Trying to sing bebop resulted in....
Scat singing
choral singing
the millennial whoop
no singing in bebop
19
Why was Billie Holiday arrested? (besides prostitution charges)
Drug possesion
Identity theft
DUI
Stalking charges
20
Who were considered "Creoles"?
People of multiple ethnicity
People of one ethnicity
People who were good musicians
People who were poor musicians
21
What artists participated in all styles of jazz?
John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
22
What is the correct progression of music
rock, blues, jazz
ragtime, blues, field songs, Dixieland, jazz
Jazz, field songs, ragtime, Dixieland, blues
Field songs, blues, ragtime, Dixieland, jazz
23
Cool jazz was performed by
black and white musicians
children
Black musicians
white musicians
24
Characteristics of Bebop included
difficult to play and slow
easy to play and fast
Easy to play and slow
Difficult to play and fast
25
Which of these musicians was a Ragtime piano player?
Scott Jopin
Miles Davis
Nat King Cole
Dizzy Gillespie
26
What are the five elements of jazz?
improv, harmony, rhythm, form and melody
improve, dance, harmony, rhythm, form
rhythm, form melody, dance and scat
harmony, rhythm, form, melody and dance
27
Important musicians in Dixieland Jazz include
Louis Armstrong and Thelonious Monk
Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong and Scott Joplin
28
Ragtime was popular in 1895 - 1919 and was primarily....
Written for the bass
written for the drums
Written for the piano
Written for the trombone
29
What city was considered the birth place of jazz?
Chicago
New Orleans
Detroit
NYC
30
What "devil instrument" did they allow??
Piano
Drums
Tuba
Oboe
31
Who did not play Jazz Fusion
Jelly Roll Morton
The Beatles
Miles Davis
The Rolling Stones
32
What was the trumpet's job in a Dixieland band?
Embellish the melody
Keep the stead beat
Play the melody
Embellish the bass line
33
What was the purpose of Congo Square?
Allowed slaves to worship freely on sunday
Allowed slaves to write and draw freely on sunday
Allowed slaves to meet and eat freely on sunday
Allowed slaves to sing and dance freely on sunday
34
Ella Fitzgerald was a famous...
singer
pianist
dancer
trumpet player
35
Bebop was made to be.....
listened to, not danced to
confusing, not easy to understand
enjoyed, not sung
unique, not commercialized
36
How long was Billie Holiday in jail for?
8 months
8 days
8 weeks
8 years
37
Free jazz wasn't concerned with
keeping things free and simple
tuning or form
emotions or experiences of the audience
instrumentation
38
Fusion Jazz was
Music that fused jazz and rock
Music that fused jazz and classical
Music that fused jazz and hip hop
Music that fused jazz and pop
39
Duke Ellington was a saxophonist
False
True
