Vocal improv based off of calls of street vendors

Why was it wrong for the music industry to label all Latin music as "rumba"?

They're creating a stereotype label for the music

What is scat singing?

Jazz improv with the voice & nonsense syllables

Why was Shuffle Along an innovative show?

First successful all-black musical- featured real storylines

Rural songs of working class, call&response, conjuntos

Describe the "danzon"

Ballroom dance tradition played by orquestas, "higher class"

Describe Duke Ellington's "jungle music" style

Music had dense textures & dark, growling timbres

What happened during the cultural shift of the Jazz Age:

Age of "flappers"; mix of "high culture" & "popular culture"

How did racial inequality affect shows like Shuffle Along or "The Jazz Singer"?

African-Americans still had to adapt to white stereotypes.

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Ch. 3 JAZZ

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1
Definition of Pregon
Instrumental solos
Percussion solos
Vocal improv with nonsense syllables
Vocal improv based off of calls of street vendors
2
What famous club did Duke Ellington & his band play?
Broadway Theaters
Metropolitan Opera House
Carnegie Hall
Cotton Club in Harlem
3
Why was it wrong for the music industry to label all Latin music as "rumba"?
They're creating a stereotype label for the music
Nobody created the different genres at the time
The music was all the same
4
What is scat singing?
Jazz improv with the voice & nonsense syllables
Jazz Improv with Instruments and Yelling
Jazz improv with the voice and the lyrics of the song
Jazz improv with instrumental solos
5
What is the term for the instrument that plays a rhythmic 5 beats in Latin Music?
Clave
Shaker
Bongo
Maracas
6
Popular type of gentle, intimate singing that stemmed from jazz & invention of the microphone
Vocal Improvisation
Crooning
Pregon
Scatting
7
Why was Shuffle Along an innovative show?
First successful all-black musical- featured real storylines
First Broadway show to produce a #1 hit on the radio
First show to have orchestra memorize the music
First show to use all jazz music
8
Radio announcers who played records & entertained audiences with banter
Emcees
Disc Jockeys
Phonograph makers
Radio Hosts
9
Describe the "son":
The bands that would play the conjuntos music
Ballroom dance traditions of the higher classes
Don Azpiazu's special improv style
Rural songs of working class, call&response, conjuntos
10
Where did the 2 musical genres (son/danzon) combine?
Azpiazu
Mexico City
Quezon City
Havana
11
Describe the "danzon"
pregon, improv based off of street vendors
Ballroom dance tradition played by orquestas, "higher class"
Conjuntos of the working class, call and response
Rural songs of working class, conjuntos
12
What show did Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake write?
Rhapsody in Blue
Oklahoma
Porgy & Bess
Shuffle Along
13
Who was known as the "King of Jazz"?
Don Azpiazu
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Paul Whiteman
14
Which instruments did Louis Armstrong perform with?
Trumpet & Trombone
Saxophone & Voice
Trombone & Saxophone
Trumpet & Voice
15
Who was Louis Armstrong's mentor?
Joe "King" Oliver
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Dizzy Gillespie
16
Describe Duke Ellington's "jungle music" style
Music was light, danceable and featured many solos
Music was slow & heavy, with clean yet complex solo playing
Music was fast-paced and had dense textures
Music had dense textures & dark, growling timbres
17
Pre-1930, "Latin" music was known as:
Flamenco
Tango
Salsa
Mariachi
18
What 2 genres of music influenced Cuban dance music?
Son & Danzon
Orquestas & Danzon
Son & Orquestas
Conjuntos & Son
19
What happened during the cultural shift of the Jazz Age:
Rise of Latin dance music; mix of son & danzon
ODJB took credit for creating jazz, causing controversy
Age of "flappers"; mix of "high culture" & "popular culture"
Dance music changed from waltzes to swing
20
What song recording influenced the Latin dance music craze?
Clave
El Manicero
La Bamba
Azpiazu Havana
21
The strongest Latin impact on popular dance music came from:
Brazil
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Cuba
22
How did racial inequality affect shows like Shuffle Along or "The Jazz Singer"?
Leads were always played by people in blackface
People couldn't accept realistic storylines.
African-Americans still had to adapt to white stereotypes.
Segregation kept African-Americans from good theater seats

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