JAZZ MUSIC

Trombone is a typical musical instrument of the melody section.

Conversational style in which a group of instruments or voices answers a soloist.

Spontaneous creation of new melodies while performing over a repeating chord progression.

Early 1900s style about the slaves' struggle and unrequited love. W. C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson.

1930s successful dance style played by big bands. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller.

Early 1900s jazz style with collective improvisation over a cornet/trumpet melody. Louis Armstrong.

Early 1900s piano style with a syncopated melody over duple time chords. Scott Joplin.

1960s jazz style with polyrhythms, improvisations, atonal harmonies and noise. Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane.

"Blues" is a synonym for feeling ______.

1920s jazz style featured by clarity and centered on the soloist. Bix Beiderbecke, Bud Freeman.

Banjo is a typical musical instrument of the melody section.

1910s jazz style which is a variant of New Orleans performed by white musicians.

1950s jazz style with peaceful rhythms, moderate timbre contrasts, smaller bands. Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck.

1970s jazz style with Afro-Cuban and Latin rhythms and percussion instruments. Tito Puente, Chucho Valdés.

Listen to the example and identify its musical style.

Early 1900s jazz style focused on the singer and ranges from traditional song standards to more experimental pieces.

1940s jazz style with complex melodies and rhythms and dissonant harmonies. Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie.

African slaves sang ________ while working on plantations in Southern USA.

The 12 bar blues contains 4 three-measure phrases.

Early 1900s piano style with a walking bass of eight notes per bar. Sugar Chile Robinson.