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Question	Answer
The influence of boogie-woogie is quite apparent in which style?	Rock
Which big band was especially noted for the unique tightness of its rhythm section?	Count Basie
Which saxophonist known for his relaxed style, was featured with the Count Basie band and recorded with Billie Holiday?	Lester Young
Who was closely associated with Duke Ellington and collaborated with him on many compositions?	Billy Strayhorn
Which saxophonist, who played Fletcher Henderson in the 20's became the first major Jazz star on his instrument?	Coleman Hawkins
Which artist is noted for making jazz a soloist's art form?	Louis Armstrong
What piano style imitated the sound of three guitars?	Boogie-woogie
How many different sections or themes are in a rag?	Four
How long is one chorus of the blues?	12 measures
The most prolific composer of ragtime music was:	Scott Joplin
Name three ways in which stride style piano is different from Ragtime.	stride is highly rythmic
In the earliest years of his career Duke Ellington was known primarliy as a:	Pianist
The second level of musical perception is	The expressive plane
Name the artist who is considered to be the major influence on jazz performers before 1940.	Louis Armstrong
What is the musical term for number of beats in a bar?	meter
The Austin High Gang included:	Gene Krupa and Tommy Dorsey
Identify the noted artist from New Orleans who was a child prodigy, played clarinet and soprano saxophone, and performed extensively in europe.	Sydney Bechet
A short repeated musical phrase is called a:	riff
"...was possibly the best, surely the most versatile piano player in the history of jazz."	Art Tatum
Who was the first cornet player in New Orleans to be noted for his big sound and expressive interpretation of marching band repertoire?	Buddy Bolden
Identify the artist who began her career as a blues singer and become one of the top earning pop performers on Broadway and in Hollywood?	Ethel Waters
Identify the artist who told his grandmother he was working as a "night watchman" when he was actually playing in Storyville, and is noted for being the first musician to write down jazz.	Jelly Roll Morton
A New Orleans or Chicago style ensemble chorus utilizes which type of harmonic construction?	horizontal
The primary chords in a blues progression are:	I, IV, V
We associate the Austin High Gang with what city?	Chicago
The third level of musical perception is	The sheerly musical plane, or Technical
Which factor is not considered to be important in ending the Swing era?	The growth of bop
Name the person, extremely committed to racial integration in jazz, who was the first to record Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Bob Dylan?	John Hammond
The work of which section of Count Basie's band did the most to define his sound?	The rhythm section
The primary function of the clarinet in a New Orleans style band is to:	Play an obligato to the melody
The first level of musical perception mentioned in the Aaron Copland essay is	The sensuous plane, or Physical
Besides drums, what instruments were used in the rhythm section of a typical New Orleans jazz band?	Tuba
Section of New Orleans where early jazz flourished	Storyville
Bix Beiderbecke was:	the first "cool" cornetist
Name four ways in which Chicago style jazz is different from New Orleans style.	Saxophone was added
Which instrument would not be found in the front line of a traditional New Orleans band?	Saxophone
Boogie-woogie always has:	Ostinato in the left hand
Name the six elements of jazz.	: blues, syncopation, swing and creative freedom. Improvisation
The most important arranger in the early years of the Swing era was:	Fletcher Henderson
Where did the type of harmony brought into the beginings of jazz originate?	Europe
Give two reasons why musicians left New Orleans around 1920.	The Navy closed Storyville.
Which piano style was the least influenced by blues?	Ragtime
Name the band leader that brought Louis Armstrong to Chicago.	Joe "King" Oliver
Which drummer, who was known as the "First King of Swing", was the first band leader to showcase young Ella Fitzgerald?	Chick Webb
Which band leader/composer is remember for his large (over ten minutes) works?	Duke Ellington
Which of the following patterns represents the lyric form of blues?	AAB
Ragtime is:	Entirely composed
A "shout" chorus in a big band arrangement is an example of which type of harmonic construction (texture)?	vertical
Ragtime changed the rhythmic feeling of dixieland jazz from:	Four beat to two beat
Other than New York City, the most important city for swing band activity was:	Kansas City
Scat singing is:	Vocal improvisation
Interpreted popular songs in a bluesy style	Billie Holiday
Big band blues singer from Swing era	Jimmy Rushing
Recorded the first Boogie-woogie	Pine-top Smith
Led one of the earliest New Orleans marching bands	Buddy Bolden
Meter of early New Orleans style	Flat four
Period in which individual solos started to become important	Chicago style
Stride pianist	Fats Waller
The "King of Jazz"	Paul Whiteman
First famous jazz trombonist	Kid Ory
Exceptional swing era trumpet player	Roy Eldridge
Benny Goodman's drummer	Gene Krupa
Led the Kansas City band that was eventually led by Count Basie	Benny Moton
Band leader that forced the issue of racial integration	Benny Goodman
Band leader known for "personalized" arranging	Duke Ellington
First jazz musician to play amplified guitar	Charlie Christian
"Father" of cool saxophone	Lester Young
Era associated with marching bands	Early N.O. Dixieland