#3... Gennett and Music

Question 1

__________ is considered the first American created musical art form.

Answer 1

Jazz

Question 2

Gennett Records and the __________ working in tandem in the 1920’s were catalysts in disseminating the local Chicago jazz scene to the nation.

Answer 2

Melrose Brothers Music Company

Question 3

Gennett records played a central role in creation n the 1920’s of a decade called the __________ __________.

Answer 3

Jazzy age

Question 4

Starr Pianos and Starr Records produced pianos, record players, and records. Starr Records became __________.

Answer 4

Gennett Records

Question 5

__________ studies was a Richmond, IN based early recording company.

Answer 5

Gennett

Question 6

Early jazz records were played at __________ at and called __________.

Answer 6

78 rpm

78’s

Question 7

The 2 major recording companies in the 1920’s were __________ and __________.

Answer 7

Columbia

Victor

Question 8

Wiggins, a recorder on technician for Gennett Records, rejected a 2nd recording of __________ as a poor seller on the 1st recording.

Answer 8

Star Dust

Question 9

The recording time for a 78 rpm record was 2 3/4 to 3 minutes 78 rpm meant __________.

Answer 9

78 rotations or rate per minute of the record

Question 10

In Chicago, the __________ was a breeding ground for many important white jazz musicians.

Answer 10

Friars Inn

Question 11

Gennett Records also recorded a budget chain store label called __________.

Answer 11

Champion Records

Question 12

Between 1925-1934 Gennett Records records recorded budget records for rural consumers including string-band and Appalachian music called __________.

Answer 12

“Olt-time” music

Question 13

The __________ in Harlem was where Duke Ellington and other’s played jazz.

Answer 13

Cotton Club

Question 14

For 5 years, Gennett made records for the Sears and Roebuck __________ label.

Answer 14

Silverstone

as well as other labels challenge, Conqueror, Superstone

Question 15

Gennett Records recorded low quality re-recording of their own labels for mail-order companies using __________ for the musicians and paying __________.

Answer 15

Pseudonyms

1/2 cent (1/2 price) royalties per record or none to musicians (Sears Records sold for 17-39 cents instead of 50 cents- $1.10)

Question 16

Gennett and Sears severed recording ties because of the __________ and __________.

Answer 16

Depression

Steep operational losses for recordings

Question 17

In 1926-27 Gennett Records began recording with __________ __________ improving sound reproduction.

Answer 17

Electronic recording

• radio microphones and amplifiers
• improving sound and sales

Question 18

Musicians in the 1920’s called jazz music __________.

Answer 18

Hot music

Question 19

__________ was a music company or label partially funded by Fred Gennett to record black artists.

Answer 19

Black Patti

Question 20

Gennett’s blue label discs were __________.

Answer 20

Acoustic recordings

Question 21

Before becoming the “singing cowboy”, Gennett Records recorded __________ on Gennett and Champion (also his horse’s name) records.

Answer 21

Gene Autry

Question 22

In 1927, Gennett made a full transition to electronic recording with its gold-and-black lettered __________.

Answer 22

Electrobeam Gennett

series sold at 75 cents

Discontinued in 1930

Question 23

Carmichael called Gennett Studies __________.

Answer 23

The birthplace of jazz recording

Question 24

By 1900, jazz came into greater focus with the written publishing of _________ piano music.

Answer 24

Ragtime

Question 25

The “New Orleans Rhythm Kings” was a __________ band in 1922 playing in Chicago.

Answer 25

White jazz

Question 26

Jazz cornet, trumpet, and trombone players would often use a __________ to cover their horns.

Answer 26

Mute

Question 27

Gennett records distributed recording of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings as __________ __________ to take advantage of the popularity of the Friar’s Club in Chicago.

Answer 27

Friar’s Society Orchestra

Question 28

Jazz often incorporates __________, a trademark of jazz/

Answer 28

Improvisation

Question 29

__________ Describes a specific style of jazz that evolved during the 1940’s with a new harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic vocabulary.

Answer 29

Bebop

Question 30

In 1921, the National Music Chairman of the Federation of Women’s clubs said __________ was a demoralizing effect on the human brain demonstrated by scientists.

Answer 30

Jazz