CH 04 READING QUIZ - LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE FIRST GREAT SOLOISTS

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(Q010) Armstrong formed his Hot Five and Hot Seven bands in

Chicago.

(Q014) In 1928, Armstrong recorded with this pianist from Pittsburgh, whose single-note improvisations matched his ability to create new melodic lines:

Earl Hines.

(Q007) During the 1920s, Louis Armstrong recorded with

Earl Hines. Fletcher Henderson. Bessie Smith.

(Q021) What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?

Satchmo

(Q002) Louis Armstrong was

a cornet (trumpet) player. a jazz singer. a bandleader.

(Q005) Louis Armstrong grew up in

a poor neighborhood in New Orleans.

(Q018) Frankie Trumbauer was

a saxophonist whose delicate solos influenced later black soloists.

(Q016) Bix Beiderbecke was

a white cornet player from Iowa.

(Q012) A sideman is

any musician employed by a bandleader.

(Q023) When the Swing Era began in 1935, Louis Armstrong

fronted his own big band and made dozens of hit records.

(Q024) In his later years, Louis Armstrong

had a number one hit single in 1964 ("Hello, Dolly!").

(Q017) Bix Beiderbecke belongs to the first generation to learn jazz from

recordings.

(Q020) Coleman Hawkins was an influential soloist on the

tenor sax.

(Q015) Tremolo is

the speedy alternation of two or more notes.

(Q013) The Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings are influential because

they feature soloists and highlight individual expression.

(Q004) Another impact Armstrong had on jazz came from his

use of "scat" syllables in his singing.

(Q022) Louis Armstrong's All Stars

was a New Orleans band that Armstrong played with and led for the last twenty-five years of his life.

(Q025) At the time of his death, Louis Armstrong

was mourned worldwide.

(Q006) What did Louis Armstrong learn through his gig on the Mississippi riverboats?

He learned songs outside the New Orleans repertory. He learned to adapt New Orleans-style improvisation to written arrangements. He improved his ability to read music.

(Q009) Louis Armstrong ended his association with Fletcher Henderson because

Henderson did not want Armstrong to sing.

(Q019) What was distinctive about Bix Beiderbecke's recording "Singin' the Blues" when it was recorded in 1927?

It is a ballad rather than a typical uptempo jazz tune.

(Q011) Accompanying Louis Armstrong on the original Hot Five recordings were

Lil Hardin, Kid Ory, Johnny St. Cyr, and Johnny Dodds.

(Q001) ______ has been considered the most important individual in the history of jazz.

Louis Armstrong

(Q003) Louis Armstrong influenced jazz musicians by

creating an elasticity with his phrases which was quickly imitated by many other jazz musicians. He taught them how to swing.

(Q008) Louis Armstrong landed his gig with Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in 1924; he lasted

fourteen months.


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