10 Chase, Cox, and David Baker

Question 1

William M. Chase studied in Indianapolis under __________ and __________

Answer 1

Barton Hayes and Jacob Cox

Question 2

William M. Chase could be criticized at times for being _____ __________, especially in painting portraits

Answer 2

too impressionistic

Question 3

Jacob Cox is famous for painting __________, especially __________

Answer 3

Portraits, Indiana Governors

Question 4

Jacob Cox uses __________ __________ to add interest, rank, and dignity to his portraits

Answer 4

Decorative devices (curtains, books, documents, etc.)

Question 5

The portrait of Gov. ____________________ is considered the best of Jacob Cox’s early work

Answer 5

David Wallace

Question 6

In Jacob Cox’s portrait of David Wallace, the governor is shown ______________________________ while he gives you his attention

Answer 6

holding his place in a book

Question 7

Gov. David Wallace’s son, ________________, had wanted to become an artist and spent time in Jacob Cox’s studio

Answer 7

Lew Wallace (wrote Ben Hur and was a civil war hero)

Question 8

Jacob Cox was born in 1810 in Philadelphia (?) and moved with his brother to Cincinnati and then in 1833 to __________

Answer 8

Indianapolis

Question 9

Jacob Cox came to Indianapolis with his brother where they established a _______________________________

Answer 9

Stove, tinware, and copper-smith business

Question 10

Jacob Cox displayed some talent for art as a boy, but was encouraged to ____________________

Answer 10

Take up a practical trade and was discouraged from drawing and painting

Question 11

Even though the tinware business in Indianapolis was successful, Jacob Cox ____________________

Answer 11

Turned to sketching and reading art books and took up painting opening a studio in 1835

Question 12

____________________ was known as the leading artist of Indianapolis and the 1 professional artist in Indianapolis in his time.

Answer 12

Jacob Cox

Question 13

Besides portraits, Jacob Cox also painted _______________ and _______________

Answer 13

Landscapes (some with people and animals), some still life paintings

Question 14

Jacob Cox had one of his first art opportunities to paint ___________________________________________

Answer 14

Paint a banner for the presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison in 1840

Question 15

Won DownBeat Magazine’s “New Star Award” in 1962

Answer 15

David Baker, and shared it with fellow trombonist Slide Hampton

Question 16

_______________ was in an automobile accident which forced him to find a new instrument and interests.

Answer 16

David Baker

Question 17

David Baker began studying music at the _______________ (Butler University, Indianapolis).

Answer 17

Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music

Question 18

David Baker took trombone (baritone) lessons from __________ of IU

Answer 18

Thomas Beversdorf

Question 19

David Baker was an African American who became a music professor at __________

Answer 19

IU Bloomington

Question 20

David Baker was asked to leave the Arthur Jordan Conservatory because he _______________________________________

Answer 20

Danced with a white girl at the Christmas dance

Question 21

________________ is of David Baker’s first and best known jazz works

Answer 21

“Kentucky Oysters”

Question 22

David Baker has more than _____ recordings and __________ musical compositions

Answer 22

65, 2000

Question 23

David Baker was inducted into the national Downbeat __________ in 1994

Answer 23

Hall of Fame in Jazz Education

Question 24

In 1987, David Baker won a _______________ from Downbeat magazine

Answer 24

“Lifetime Achievement Award”

Question 25

David Baker debunks the myth that __________

Answer 25

Jazz cannot be taught

Question 26

David Baker writes about 3 levels of jazz improvisation

Answer 26

Level 1: Player plays what they memorize or play before
Level 2: Players strive to integrate items they have never played
Level 3: Musicians execute what they hear in their mind at the moment

Question 27

In 1968, the bachelor’s degree in jazz studies was approved at IU with __________ in charge of the program. The civil rights movement made the classes popular

Answer 27

David Baker

Question 28

David Baker has written over __________ text books and ________ articles on jazz, music, and related materials

Answer 28

60, 400

Question 29

In 2000, David Baker received the ________________________ from the National Endowment for the Arts

Answer 29

American Jazz Masters Award

Question 30

David Baker wrote __________ in 1964

Answer 30

“Improvising Jazz” (an instructional method book)

Question 31

David Baker attended the _______________, a summer 3 week intensive jazz program in Massachusetts

Answer 31

Lenox School of Jazz

Question 32

Wes Montgomery, jazz guitar player, and David Baker were featured in an article, “____________” for “Jazz Review” magazine

Answer 32

Indiana Renaissance

Question 33

David Baker married Eugenia Jones, an opera singer, at Lincoln University and _____________________

Answer 33

Had to leave because the marriage was interracial and the university objected.

Question 34

David Baker left Los Angeles to go to _____________ to begin teaching

Answer 34

Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri

Question 35

In 1955, David Baker left Indiana and went to _______________

Answer 35

Los Angeles, California

Question 36

__________ graduated with Master’s Degree in Music from IU in 1954

Answer 36

David Baker

Question 37

After applying to become a classical trombonist and auditioning for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, David Baker realized he probably wouldn’t be hired because he was black and __________

Answer 37

He turned to focusing his talents on playing jazz where black musicians were accepted

Question 38

David Baker was the only black member of the ______________

Answer 38

Indiana University Orchestra

Question 39

After he couldn’t play the trombone, David Baker tried the piano, bass, and then the _____________

Answer 39

Cello

Question 40

When Jacob Cox painted animals, they appeared _____________________________.

Answer 40

Very primitive looking, often large or flat looking

Question 41

David Baker went to high school at _________________ in ____________________.

Answer 41

Cryspus Attucks in Indianapolis