MUSC 213
One of ragtime's impacts on popular music was that it made it livelier and looser
true
The core of the early jazz scene moved from New Orleans to Chicago in 1918 as a result of
The closing of Storyville
The ragtime hit "Under the Bamboo Tree" was written by white musicians and was featured in the show Sally in Our Alley
false
W. C Hanley was important in the success of Vernon and Irene Castle as a bandleader and arranger of most of their music
false
collective improvisation allows each member of a jazz group to individually present a solo
false
The trumpet/cornet typically plays _______________ in early New Orleans jazz collective improvisation
melody
From our text: what blues did for the heart and soul, jazz did for the
spirt
The "front line" in an early New Orleans jazz band typically plays the melody.
true
Vernon and Irene Castle chose _____________ to accompany their incredibly popular dance routines
James Reese Europe
what is considered the birthplace of jazz
New Orleans
According to the textbook, the first foxtrot song, created by Vernon and Irene Castle, was called
"Memphis Blues" by W. C. Handy
The most frequently recorded song in the first half of the twentieth century was
"St. Louis Blues"
The classic blues form consists of
12 bars
A "race record" refers to
A recording of black music for black audiences
In 1922 Louis Armstrong left home and went to find fame and fortune in
Chicago
The Jim Crow laws enacted following Plessy v Ferguson
Dissolved the legal distinction between black and Creole
The Hot Five and Hot Seven were small band combos led by
Louis Armstrong
the first great trumpet soloist of jazz music was also an innovative vocalist a great entertainer and a recording and film star
Louis Armstrong
The 1920s' hit "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith, became an overnight sensation because.
Previous blues songs were strictly instrumental, whereas "Crazy Blues" was sung in a bluesy, distinctively black singing style
Which of these features most clearly defines swing
Rhythmic play over a four-beat rhythm
What was the most famous composer of ragtime
Scott Joplin
Louis Armstrong and Joe "King" Oliver both played the cornet
True
According to the textbook who is the "father of the blues"
W.C. Handy
The man most responsible for bringing the blues into print, thereby disseminating many of its conventions was
W.C. Handy
The term "Storyville" refers to
an area of legal prostitution in New Orleans where jazz evolved in the early twentieth century
The ____________, a popular dance, was borrowed and adapted from a black folk dance
animal dance
James Reese Europe was a popular
dance orchestra leader
James Reese Europe's most far-reaching contribution to popular music was
developing and popularizing the foxtrot
A race record is simply a slang term for a hit record, implying that an audience would literally "race" to make a purchase
false
Bessie Smith would be considered a famous rural ( or country) blues artist
false
Irene and Vernon Castle were the first husband-and-wife Tin Pan Alley songwriters to become famous for their collaborative efforts
false
Joe "King" Oliver was from Chicago and became a hit in his hometown with his Creole Jazz Band
false
Joplin believed a piano rag should be played at a fast tempo so that one could dance to it
false
Ragtime was initially hailed as a highly popular new music style
false
Scott Joplin's famous "Red Book" was a collection of the best saloons and brothels for ragtime pianists to preform
false
Lil Hardin played the _______________ in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
piano
The New Orleans jazz bands of the early 1900s were made up of instruments from the marching bands, minstrel shows, and
saloons and bordellos
collective improvisation
simultaneous improvisation by all members of a group together
the two responsibilities of the standard typing rhythm section of an early New Orleans jazz band were to
supply the harmony and mark the best
Ragtime was important because it was
the first African American music that looked on paper the way it sounded in performance
the text defines swing as _______
the sense of rhythmic play from the result of various kinds of rhythmic conflict
Which of the following instruments would be considered a front line instrument in a New Orleans jazz band
trombone
.Storyville was the "red-light" district of New Orleans during the early days of jazz
true
Although he led a New Orleans jazz band Joe "King" Oliver actually made his reputation as a great jazz orchestra leader not in New Orleans but in Chicago in the 1920's
true
As the cakewalk faded away, other dances named after a wide variety of animals were adopted or borrowed from African American folk dances
true
In a New Orleans-style jazz band, the "front line" instruments make up the rhythm section because they "front" the beat
true
Scott Joplin composed the most enduring piano rags of the era
true
Scott Joplin helped inspire a movement among historically conscious black musicians to preserve their musical heritage
true
The form of the typical piano rag was based on that of a march
true
The orchestral rags of James Europe were less syncopated than those of Scoot Joplin
true
The "front line" in an early New Orleans jazz band is made up of
trumpet(cornet), clarinet, and trombone