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American Jazz Music 1900's-1960's
American Jazz Music 1900's-1960's
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1
What is it called when a jazz musician creates music without reading the notes?
Bebop
Spontaneous Combustion
Vocable
Improvisation
2
Last Question: What color are Mr. Sylvester's awesome shades?
Midnight black
COD Black Ops Black
Black hole black
Dark black
3
What was the first style of jazz to include synthesizers?
Big Band
Free Jazz
Cool Jazz
Bebop
4
What city was Tin Pan Alley located in?
Dallas
San Francisco
New York
Minneapolis
5
What instrument is NOT commonly associated with jazz music?
Violin
Trumpet
Piano
Saxophone
6
Which of these events did NOT take place in the 1910's?
Man landed on the moon
Prohibition
Titanic Sank
World War I
7
Warm-up: which is the right answer?
Not this one
Not this one
Not this either
This one
8
What continent did jazz music start in?
America
Australia
Asia
Africa
9
Who first used
vibrato
when playing their solos?
Dizzy Gillespie
Louis Armstrong
King Oliver
Miles Davis
10
Who is this musician?
Sun Ra
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
11
Why was George Gershwin's music so famous?
It featured very high notes
It combined classical and jazz music
It was the first music set to film
It was the first big band music of the era
12
Who was the first notable female jazz pianist?
Mary Lou Williams
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Anita O'Day
13
Which of these women were NOT a famous jazz singer from the 1940's?
Doris Day
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Marilyn Monroe
14
Which of these wars could be considered a "Proxy War"?
World War II
World War I
Korean War
Vietnam War
15
Which style best describes this music?
Bebop
Cool Jazz
Stride
Free Jazz
16
What is this device?
Record player
Phonograph
Computer
Jukebox
17
Which of these wars happened in the 1940's?
World War I
Vietnam War
Korean War
World War II
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Who started the first jazz "band"
Louis Armstrong
Scott Joplin
King Oliver
Benny Goodman
19
Which of these events did NOT occur in the 1950's
The Red Scare
Brown vs. Board of Education
Levittowns (suburbs)
Vietnam War
20
BONUS: What is Sammie's favorite sports team?
Green Bay Giants
Green Bean Lackers
Minnesota Packers
Green Bay Packers
21
What style of piano playing is this?
Swingtime
Stride
Ragtime
Bebop
22
Why was this big band composer so famous?
He featured Louis Armstrong as the main soloist
All his jazz music had a very fast tempo
He died in a plane crash in WWII
He integrated blacks and whites into jazz bands
23
Which of these genres of music was the most popular in the 1950's?
Free Jazz
Cool Jazz
Rock and Roll
Big Band
24
Who was the main composer of ragtime music?
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong
Jelly Roll Morton
Scott Joplin
25
Which decade did this music come from?
1950's
1920's
1940's
1930's
26
What is the tempo of this song?
Allegro
Adagio
Forte
Piano
27
What style of jazz music is this?
Big Band
Free Jazz
Cool Jazz
Bebop
28
Which did NOT make Louis Armstrong famous?
His diplomatic relations with the USSR
His trumpet and piano playing
His vocal scatting
His top released albums from each decade
29
BONUS: What are DeAndre's favorite shoes?
Airwalks
Nike
Jordans
Sketchers
30
Which of these musicians were the most recognized bebop artists of the 1940's?
Miles Davis/Sun Ra
Art Tatum/Fats Waller
Benny Goodman/Count Basie
Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker
31
Which jazz band section is this?
Drum section
Brass section
Rhythm section
Bass section
32
What music did jazz derive from
Americana/Bluegrass
Reggae
Work Songs
Native American
33
Who is this musician?
Fats Waller
Scott Joplin
Count Basie
Jelly Roll Morton
34
What style of jazz is this?
Free Jazz
King Creole
Cool Jazz
Big Band
35
What does the term "bebop" mean?
A slow type of jazz music
Word used to describe racial tensions
A general classification of the 1950's
Nothing, it's just a vocable
36
Which of these decades best describes this music?
1920's Creole Jazz
1940's Bebop
1900's Ragtime
1930's Big Band
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Which decade did Woodstock happen in?
1970's
1940's
1950's
1960's