American Music chapter 12

Jazz and gospel music share a grounding in __________.

blues

Trumpet, clarinet, and trombone comprise what part of a typical New Orleans jazz band?

front line

The ___________ was memorized, assembled from the ideas of band members and learned aurally rather than being written down.

head arrangement

What early figure is credited with helping Armstrong perfect his virtuosity?

lil hardin

Which of the following does NOT characterize Lester Young's playing style?

thick vibrato

After World War I, jazz was seen by some as a decline of civilization.

true

Basie formed his nine-piece orchestra in the wake of Benny Goodman's success and Bennie Moten's early death.

true

Count Basie was based in Kansas City.

true

Duke Ellington toured for the U.S. State Department in the 1950s.

true

Jazz of the Swing Era tended to place a more equal emphasis on all four beats in a bar.

true

The first jazz recording was made by white musicians.

true

The use of bluesy riffs, sometimes called the "the Ellington effect," was Ellington's trump card, making his band instantly recognizable and emotionally potent.

true

Louis Armstrong's legacy is his

virtuosity, scat singing, and solo inventiveness.

Who recorded the first jazz recording in 1917 for Victor Records?

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Jelly Roll Morton made his first recordings in New Orleans.

false

Duke Ellington's most significant arranger-composer was

Billy Strayhorn

What early jazz giant fell into obscurity as the New Orleans sound became dated?

Jelly Roll Morton

In which city is jazz believed to have originated?

New Orleans