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In the 1930's Jazz was known as |
Swing |
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Though the Swing Era occurred during________, it did not get caught up in the era's deep anxiety. |
the Great Depression |
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The famous ballroom in Harlem where social dancing was an intense, communal activity and the swing dance style emerged was called |
the Savoy Ballroom |
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Benny Goodman helped bridge the racial gap of jazz by |
hiring black arrangers to put music together for his band |
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Star Dust was composed by_____. The form is______. |
Artie Shaw, 32 bar popular song |
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Jimmie Lanceford, "The Professor" expected______ from his band members. |
Impeccable appearance, right down to their socks |
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The popular bad leader who played the trombone and brought song into the mainstream entertainment was |
Glen Miller |
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A head arrangement is |
a flexible, unwritten arrangement created by the entire band |
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An ostinato is |
A repetitive melody or melodic figure |
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One example of the Boogie-Woogie is |
It's All Right, Baby |
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The club that was well-known for housing Duke Ellington's band in the 1920's was called |
The Cotton Club |
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What are territory bands |
Bands that worked in a geographic area no more than a days drive from their headquarters |
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Mary Lou Williams was a very talented jazz______ and arranger |
Pianist |
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Why were women rare in jazz performances |
A women on stage, people reasoned, was not fit for middle-class society |
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One O'clock Jump which contains a Kansas City style head arrangement was made famous by |
Count Basie and his Orchestra |
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How was Juan Tizol's trombone different from a normal trombone |
It contained valves like trumpet rather than a slide |
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A piece that was made famous by Duke Ellington and his orchestra and included Latin and Swing grooves is called |
Conga Brava |
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Ellingtons composition partner in his later career who was originally a classical composer was |
Billie Strayhorn |
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Who was nicknamed "Father of the Tenor" |
Coleman Hawkins |
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When the notes of a chord are played successively, one at a time, this is called |
an arpeggio |
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"Body and Soul" includes a great melodic paraphrase at the beginning and harmonic improvisation by |
Coleman Hawkins |
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A change came to the way jazz musicians performed for the radio in the 1940's because |
radio producers stopped recording live performances |
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What was Lester Young;s style of improvisation |
He would improvise a melody that fit the overall harmonic framework without dealing with every harmony |
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Jazz was heard in the nations outside of the U.S. where it |
All of the above |
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Who toured Moscow in the 1950's and found that he had thousands of fans who referred to his records by catalog numbers |
Benny Goodman |
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How did racism affect jazz performers in Europe |
Often black performers were considered chic and their race made them more popular |
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After World War II, jazz musicians in Europe were treated as |
heroes |
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Django Reinhardt was known for his performances on |
the trumpet |
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the social activist who also performed on a number of instruments while also composing and arranging for Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, Charlie Johnson, and Mckinney's Cotton Pickers was |
Benny Carter |
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Billie Holiday grew up in |
a school for delinquent girls |
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Billie Holiday first recorded with |
Benny Goodman |
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Billie Holiday was influenced by singer______ who was a well-known 1920's blues singer |
Bessie Smith |
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Called an irrepressible spirit of musical joy, this singer used blues for up-tempo scat improvisations. Who is she |
Ellie Fitzgerald |
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Singing that is improvised by a vocalist using nonsense syllables is called |
scat singing |
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Dropping bombs in jazz means |
unexpected bass drum explosions |
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Bebop musicians included all of the following except: |
Elliot Carter |
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Bebop was made famous for |
its complex dissonant harmonies |
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Why were black bands often forced to tour and perform live |
They were not allowed to be on prime-time radio shoes. They could not hold a lengthy engagement at major hotel ballrooms because of racial issues |
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Charlie Parker was known as one of the most gifted_____ in jazz |
saxophonist |
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Band leaders found it too difficult to include Charlie Parker in their bands because of |
his heroine addiction |
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Dizzy Gillespie was known for his_____ playing |
trumpet |
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Gillespie recorded and tours with the most lucrative black band in existence in the late 1930's. The band was |
Cab Calloway Orchestra |
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Gillespie earned nickname "Dizzy" because |
he had a fiery temperament and a wicked sense of humor |
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Dizzie Gillespie and Charlie Parker were both hired for______ band |
Earl Hines |
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Jazz was an inexpensive way of recording for procedures because |
the chord progressions of songs were not copyrighted so jazz musicians could superimpose a new melody of the changes of a copyrighted song and not have to pay the copyright fee |
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Which of the following songs was originally a tribute to Native Americans |
Ko-Ko |
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This work is |
Blue Skies |
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This work is |
One O'clock jump |
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This work is |
A Sailboat in the Moonlight |
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This work is |
Ko-Ko |