Jazz Appreciation Final

The band that would be identified with words like "they swing harder than anyone" and "they had great soloists" would be:

count Basie

Which of these jazz musicians is NOT an early jazz saxophone hero?

count basie

Jazz music's original audiences were:

dancers

The time period for the Bossa Nova craze was:

early to mid 1960s.

"Cool" jazz had generally louder sounds and rougher tones than Bebop.

false

The first recordings of "jazz" music were made by African Americans.

false

The reaction to bebop among the general public and many musicians was one of support and excitement.

false

Throughout the 1920s and '30s the use of the banjo instead of the guitar increases quite a bit.

false

A great singer and composer who wrote songs like, "Ain't Misbehaving". He was also an excellent stride pianist.

fats waller

Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock are known for what style of music?

fusion

Music utilizing jazz values and techniques but played on"rock" instruments with "rock" and "funk" beats is called:

fusion

Weather Report was a famous:

fusion band

Jazz players often use a technique (or groove) that gives the music a momentum and "forward propelling" feel. This style or effect is called:

swing

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band is credited with making the first "Jazz" record in:

1917

The "swing era" took place in the general time period of:

1935-1945

The general time period for the Bebop era would be:

1946-1954.

The cool jazz period was very strong in the:

1950s and early '60s

Cannonball Adderley was a:

A hard bop alto saxophone player.

"Tin Pan Alley" is:

A neighborhood in New York where many of the song publishers were located.

A mostly blind pianist who was so skilled and harmonically advanced that many historians say he marks the end of the Harlem stride style.

Art Tatum

What musical genre did Charlie Parker help to popularize?

Bebop

This bandleader reached fame after a previously unsuccessful cross country tour ended in triumph in Los Angeles and Oakland.

Benny Goodman

A white swing bandleader who did a lot to break down racial barriers by recording and concertizing with African-American musicians was:

Benny Goodman.

His nickname was "The King of Swing".

Benny Goodman.

Which of these styles is associated with the Mississippi delta?

Blues.

A style of piano playing that lead to the early sounds of rock and roll guitar.

Boogie Woogie

Antonio Carlos Jobim is a famous:

Bossa Nova composer.

"The Girl from Ipanema" is perhaps the most famous:

Bossa Nova song

Stan Getz was a proponent of this jazz style:

Bossa Nova.

Bossa Nova comes from:

Brazil

"Hard bop" was:

Brought a rhythm and blues influence to jazz.

Which of these styles or elements of jazz are associated with the slave culture?

Call and response work songs.

The two names most often associated with Bebop are:

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

Which one of these names is that of a modern day "smooth jazz" artist.

Chris Botti

Which of these names is NOT a type of saxophone?

Coronet.

The song "Take Five" from the album Time Out is associated with:

Dave Brubeck

"Time Out" is also one of jazz's all time best selling albums. It is credited to:

Dave Brubeck.

Which of these styles of music involves "collective improvisation"?

Dixieland

This trumpet player was famous for his bent horn, puffy cheeks, and incredible virtuosity.

Dizzy Gillespie.

What was said to have contributed to Charlie Parker's mental breakdown?

Drugs and alcohol abuse.

"Walking Bass" is when a bass player plays out of time and syncopated.

False

In typical jazz drumming, as discussed in our reading, the basic pulse of the music is provided by the bass drum.

False

Benny Goodman's use of the charts (music) of __________ helped him gain his early success and fame.

Fletcher Henderson.

His band surpassed Benny Goodman's in popularity and record sales by using very commercial arrangements with a lot of vocals.

Glenn Miller.

A blues and R& B based jazz style that developed after the bebop revolution is called:

Hard bop

A popular piano style of the 1920s that involved the left hand bouncing back and forth between a bass note and a chord accompaniment is called.

Harlem Stride.

Charlie Parker not only influenced other musician's playing style but also their lifestyle choices in the form of:

Heroin addiction.

Louis Armstrong had many nicknames. Which of these is NOT one of his common nicknames?

Hot Lips.

This man is often credited with being the first jazz composer.

Jelly Roll Morton

Not only did this man really "swing" and was a master of his instrument, but he also popularized a new kind of singing called "scat singing".

Louis Armstrong.

This man is often called jazz's first virtuoso because of his great playing, singing and swinging.

Louis Armstrong.

Which of these musicians would not be considered a Bebop artist?

Louis Armstrong.

A notable Boogie Woogie pianist was:

Meade "Lux" Lewis.

"The Birth of Cool" is a collection attributed to

Miles Davis

The name of the club that is now known as the breeding ground for "Bebop" is:

Minton's Playhouse.

What was the name of the club in which Thelonious Monk was the house pianist during bebop's formation?

Minton's Playhouse.

The instruments in a typical 1960s organ trio were:

Organ, Guitar, Drums.

Which of these names is associated with the "free jazz" movement?

Ornette Coleman

Which of these players would notbe from the Bossa Nova genre?

Ornette Coleman.

The bandleader who gets credit for creating an orchestrated, "syrupy" style sometimes described as a "sweet band" is:

Paul Whiteman.

Scott Joplin played the:

Piano

The swing rhythm involves:

Playing just a little ahead of the beat.

Chick Corea ran a very influential fusion band called:

Return to Forever

Which of these is NOT a member of the "Brass instrument" family?

Saxophone

The main name associated with ragtime music is:

Scott Joplin

Improvisation is:

Spontaneous/real time composing by the musician.

Coleman Hawkins played the:

Tenor Saxophone

John Coltrane is famous for playing:

Tenor Saxophone

Lester Young played the:

Tenor Saxophone

The tune "Gingerbread Boy" is an example of:

The music of Miles Davis' "2nd Quintet"

The house pianist at Minton's who had a completely unorthodox style.

Thelonious Monk.

Jazz emerged when brass bands were at a height of popularity.

True

The "City Blues" usually involved a female singer with a full band.

True

The "Creoles" had their own symphony and opera in the 1800s.

True

The Rhythm section players usually "lay out" during the other band member's solos.

True

Tin Pan Alley songs were often used by Bebop musicians to create their new songs over the old songs' chord prgression.

True

While jazz has a large component of improvised material, ragtime piano music is primarily written out.

True

Louis Armstrong played the:

Trumpet

"Laying out", in jazz music, is:

When a musician doesn't play while another artist is taking their solo.

Jazz musicians often call the basic melody of a typical jazz tune (which is played at the beginning and end of the piece) the:

a "head"

Wynton Marsalis is a:

a modern trumpet player in the traditionalist style.

"Delta Blues" usually involves:

a singer with just a guitar

"Rent parties" were a:

all of the above

Charlie Parker played the:

alto sax

Paul Desmond played the:

alto sax

What was Charlie Parker's main instrument?

alto sax

The West Coast cool players were primarily:

caucasian

AABA is an example of:

form

Wes Montgomery played the:

guitar

In a typical jazz performance:

musicians will play the "head" first and then take solos.

John Coltrane had an unlikely top 40 radio hit with:

my favorite things

"Storyville" was a:

neighborhood.

Art Tatum played:

piano

Count Basie played:

piano

Bix Biederbecke was a:

trumpet player.

"Syncopation" is:

when the accent of music falls in unexpected places.

Which one of these bandleaders held an early job in their career at the "Cotton Club" in Harlem?

Duke Ellington.

Benny Goodman played:

clarinet

Which instrument is usually responsible for high ornamental flourishes that are played above and around the basic melody in a Traditional/Dixieland band.

clarinet

Horace Silver is usually associated with which style of jazz?

cool jazz

The Modern Jazz Quartet would be generally put into the ______ category.

cool jazz

The basic sequence of eventsin a typical jazz performance is:

head-solos-head

Form is:

how a song is put together.

The album and tune "Giant Steps" was created by:

john coltrane

Count Basie's band came out of:

kansas city

What Miles Davis album is the tune "So What" on?

king of blue

Compared to the traditional New Orleans and Chicago bands before them, the Jazz bands of the 1920s were becoming:

larger

"Bitches Brew" is a:

miles davis record

Bebop musicians would use popular songs as the basis for their new compositions:

often

Duke Ellington's style of arranging could be described as:

orchestral.

What instrument is Jimmy Smith famous for playing?

organ

Dave Brubeck played the:

piano

Duke Ellington played:

piano

Jelly Roll Morton played the:

piano

Thelonious Monk played the:

piano

Count Basie's arranging style would be considered:

riff-based

Most of the clubs in which jazz was played and evolved in were:

run by mobsters.

Which of these players is NOT normally a member of the "rhythm section" ?

saxophone.

The Fletcher Henderson-New York style of arranging could be described as:

sectional.

Which one of these would notbe one of those jazz values?

set arrangements with no variation

Popular myth/legend has Miles Davis seeing what group at the 1967 Newport Jazz festival and adoptiing their look and electric instrumentation.

sly and the family stone

Bebop bands were usually _______ than swing bands.

smaller

As the swing era progressed, the arrangements (music) became more and more commercial and written out (less improvisation).

t

The swing era ended at about the same time as:

the end of WWII

Bebop represents a return to the jazz values as discussed in the beginning of our semester.

true

Compared to the "Hot Jazz" of its predecessors, swing bands and their musicians could be considered more refined, schooled and accurate.

true

Miles Davis recorded with Charlie Parker.

true

Radio and records were a major influence in the spread of swing music among teenagers.

true

The beginning of the "swing era" coincided with the end of alcohol prohibition.

true

The swing band music of Count Basie was much more "Blues based" and relied heavily on great soloists, than the highly arranged "swing" of bandleaders like Glen Miller.

true

Throughout the 1920s and '30s the use of the saxophone, in jazz, increases quite a bit.

true

Dizzy Gillespie played the:

trumpet

King Oliver played the:

trumpet

Miles Davis' main instrument was the:

trumpet

Which of these instruments would NOT be commonly found in a "Dixieland" band?

violin.

A very common style of playing the bass in jazz from the 1930s through the 1960s is called:

walking bass.