Black History Month Musicians 2021

What musician was famous for puffing out his cheeks while playing his instrument?

This musician was born prematurely and lost their sight while in an incubator.

Who was the "King of the Blues"?

What musician lost his two-year-old daughter to pneumonia?

What musician attended The Julliard School in NYC for a little over a year before running out of funds to continue?

What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

When was Ella Fitzgerald alive?

"Little" Stevie Wonder scored his first #1 Pop/R&B hit song at what age?

Chuck Berry was the first guitarist to use the distortion effect on an electric guitar.

Charlie Parker played the trombone.

What is Duke Ellington's signature song?

Compared to rock & roll, blues music features more improvisational guitar playing.

What musician died at age 34?

Nina Simone applied for a scholarship but got rejected because of her race from which Philadelphia school?

Who was the first jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine?

A section at the end of a jazz song when the horn section plays together joyfully is called the sharp chorus.

Stevie Wonder made famous the use of what instrument pictured here?

Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Morris

Whose hit song was "Johnny B. Goode"?

Ella Fitzgerald was well-known for:

Who's hit song was "The Thrill is Gone"?

Her father was the most well-known preacher in the US during the golden age of gospel in the 1940s & 50s

Johnny Cash, Elvis, Nina Simone, and Led Zeppelin are all artists that have covered what musician's songs?

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington both had careers that spanned over five decades.

Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway could all have been found at which Harlem night club?

What singer had close relationships with civil rights activists like Malcolm X, MLK, and Muhammed Ali?

Duke Ellington played what style of jazz?

Who is the "Father of Rock and Roll"?

Who was the "Godmother of Rock and Roll"?

Jazz musicians Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were attributed with inventing what style of jazz?

Birth name: Eunice Kathleen Waymon

Aretha Franklin used a lot of techniques from what genre in her soul music?

Today is a blue day.

Who is the emblematic image on the back of the District of Columbia's quarter?

What was the name of Ella Fitzgerald's first hit song?

Who was known as "Bird" or "Yardbird"?

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald were both well-known for their use of scat singing.

Who is the only rock & roll musician to have a song on the Voyager Golden Record?

The "B.B." in B.B. King's name was short for "Blues Boy".

Martino's first name was Rick.

Soul music combines Rhythm & Blues with church hymns

Who was "The Queen of Soul"?

Pick the one that says, "blue".

Duke Ellington began studying piano at what age?

Dizzy Gillespie was a famous trumpet player and bandleader.

What musician led the charge to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday?

His childhood friends gave him his noble nickname because of his elegant and flashy sense of style:

Who was known as "Satchmo" or "Pops"?

What musician had hit songs "Superstition" and "Sir Duke"?

Ella Fitzgerald always dreamed of becoming a singer when she grew up.