2 Music 1.05 Quiz

Which style of jazz music combines the jazz element of improvisation with traditional Latin American rhythm and melodies?

Latin Jazz

Who was a leading pioneer, composer, and performer for the free jazz movement?

Ornette Coleman

What do Tito Puente, Chick Corea, Joao Gilberto, and Arturo Sandoval have in common?

They are all Latin jazz artists.

Jazz musicians were often spokesmen for equality and civil rights.

True

The arrival of rock and roll, along with the advent of electronic instruments such as the electric guitar and various synthesizers, led to the blending of rock and jazz into a new style known as fusion.

True

Which style of jazz music smoothes out many aspects of jazz to be more appealing to the listener, and focuses less on improvisation and more on ensemble playing?

contemporary jazz

Which style of jazz music released performers from traditional rules and placed importance on each performer contributing his or her own feelings for the music in the moment?

free jazz

Which energetic and emotional style of music developed in response to cool jazz and featured fast tempos, loud dynamics, and blues and gospel influences?

hard bop

Which style of music was a reaction to the early style of bebop?

hard bop

Which style of jazz music combined traditional jazz concepts with elements of rock, R&B, or funk?

jazz fusion