Jazz to Rock Chp 3&4

Recorded In the Mood:

Glenn Miller

A solo break may occur in:

all of the above.

When everyone in a group embellishes a written melody at the same time it is called:

an ensemble chorus.

Stride-Style piano is best defined as:

left hand plays notes and chords while the right hand plays melody.

Fletcher Henderson:

none of the above

The recording of West End Blues featured in the textbook offers how many true solo choruses?

2

Normal instrumentation of a big band:

5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, rhythm section.

The best definition for the term "riff."

A short, repeated rhythmic and/or melodic phrase.

The Duke Ellington recording of Prelude to a Kiss (featuring Johnny Hodges) makes use of typical 32-bar song form (A-A-B-A) but in this recording the formal structure is broken in one clear way. What is it?

After one full statement of the 32-bar form the chart skips 16 bars of letter "A' during the second time and simply jumps back to the bridge of the tune.

This swing musician had the opportunity to perform his signature is a major Hollywood film titled "The blues Brothers" in 1980.

Cab Calloway

Where were the most early traditional jazz recordings made?

Chicago

Bix Beiderbecke was born in:

Davenport, IA.

Which composer/arranger was known for highlighting the unique playing styles of his sideman?

Duke Ellington

The first Benny Goodman Quartet. Goodman played clarinet with:

Gene Krupa, drums; Teddy Wilson, piano; Lionel Hampton, vibes.

Who codified the art of solo improvisation with his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings?

Louis Armstrong

Glenn Miller ran a very successful band until World War Two started. What happened next?

Most of the band members, including Miller, joined the armed services and became a special unit that entertained troops in Europe and the U.S.

In the third cornet solo chorus of Dippermouth Blues what happens?

The banjo player spontaneously shouts "Oh play that thing..." to fill the solo break.

Benny Goodman can be heard playing improvised solo material where in the tune Let's Dance?

Throughout the recording, in the head of the tune, during a solo clarinet chorus, and even as a solo tag at the end of the performance.

Jelly Roll Morton claims to have invented jazz.

True

The third chorus of the tine Lester Leaps in features both Count Basie and Lester Young improvising at the same time playing the rhythm section.

True

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band recording of Louis Armstrong's Tight Like This features both newly improvised choruses and recreations of Armstrong's originally recorded solo material.

True1

Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert:

all of the above.

In the tune Happy Feet the only true solo improvisation occurs at:

all of the above.

New Orleans may have been the birthplace of jazz because:

all off the above.

The Benny Goodman Quartet:

brought back some collective improvisation styles, but placed them in a swing rhythm context.

Perhaps the most important element of Louis Armstrong's vocal on the tune if Back O'Town Blues is his playful use of ____________________ members of the band.

call and response.

Who was the leader of the Creole Jazz Band in Chicago in the 1920s?

not Louis Armstrong

The original Dixieland Jazz Band was the:

not first jazz band to write musical books. (chicago)

Duke Ellington played:

piano.

The main melody, which is played at the beginning of a jazz tine, is called:

the head.

A typical early dixieland rhythm section consists of:

tuba or string bass, drums, banjo and/or piano.

Count Basie:

was a piano-playing band leader. Had his first big band success in Kansas City.

Charlie Christian:

was one of the first guitarists to electrify his instrument.