Artists

Question 1

In 1971 she was asked to replace vocalist Paulette McWilliams in the funk group Ask Rufus

Answer 1

Chaka Khan

Question 2

Khan reached the pinnacle of pop success with her cover of Prince’s “ ___”. which featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica and one of the first rap cameos on an R&B recording, performed by Melle Mel.

Answer 2

“I Feel for You,”

Question 3

__has directly influenced contemporary singers such as Mary J. Blige, Fantasia Barrino, and Jennifer Hudson.

Answer 3

Khan

Question 4

Chaka Khan and Rufus, Tell Me Something Good
• Clavinet
• Drums
• Bass
• Vocals
• Guitar with Talk Box.

Notes:____
Form: ___

Answer 4

Talk box, Fade out ending.

A/B Form

Question 5

Tower of Power is from

Answer 5

America

Question 6

Singer and Saxophonist of Tower of Power

Answer 6

Emilio Castillo

Question 7

Tower of Power baritone sax player

Answer 7

“Funky Doctor” Stephen Kupka

Question 8

Vocals and trumpet) - Tower of Power

Answer 8

Greg Adams

Question 9

Tower of Power bassist

Answer 9

Rocco Prestia (bass)

Question 10

Tower of Power is from

Answer 10

Oakland, California

Question 11

Tower of Power Lead Vocalist

Answer 11

Rufus Miller

Question 12

Sax player for Tower of Power

Answer 12

Lenny Pickett

Question 13

Tower of Power Percussionist

Answer 13

Brent Byers

Question 14

Tower of Power guitarist

Answer 14

Willie Fulton

Question 15

Mayfield, Curtis, a soul and funk singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer from

Answer 15

Chicago

Question 16

Creator of the sound of Chicago soul. who came to prominence performing on & writing hits by the Impressions between 1958 and 1970.

Answer 16

Curtis Mayfield

Question 17

Mayfield left the Impressions in 1970 to pursue a different sound as a solo artist, less concerned with melody, his songs, such as Move on up, emphasize___ His most successful solo works, both commercially and aesthetically, came between 1970 and 1973.

Answer 17

rhythm & texture with auxiliary percussion (ie. conga), wah-wah guitar & dramatic omnipresent strings

Question 18

Beginning with his soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Superfly (Curton, 1972; featuring two hits – the title song and Freddie’s dead),__ helped to pioneer music for black films.

Answer 18

Curtis Mayfield

Question 19

American funk singer, songwriter and producer, leader of Funkadelic, Parliament, and the P-Funk All-Stars

Answer 19

George Clinton

Question 20

the most important funk ensemble in the second half of the 1970s

Answer 20

Parliament/Funkadelic

Question 21

Members of funkadelic

Answer 21

• Eddie Hazel (guitar)
• Bernie Worrell (keyboards)
• former JBs Bootsy Collins (bass guitar)
• Maceo Parker (alto saxophone), and - - Fred Wesley (trombone).

Question 22

__’s music shows the strong influence of such funk performers as Sly Stone, George Clinton, and Rick James

Answer 22

Prince’s

Question 23

Prince’s guitar was style derived from __.

Answer 23

Jimmy Hendrix

Question 24

He acted and played in the film Round Midnight (1986) and won an Oscar

Answer 24

Herbie Hancock

Question 25

In the 1970s Herbie Hancock was influenced by __ __ recordings

Answer 25

Davis’s fusion

Question 26

___’s sextet was notable for its colourful doubling of instruments, tasteful blend of acoustic and electronic sounds and mastery of compound metres from 1970-73

Answer 26

Herbie Hancock’s

Question 27

After 1973, Hancock began to use electric/ electronic instruments more, including the __piano, which he played through a variety of signal processors such as wah-wah and fuzz pedals. Later he turned to the Mellotron and the Hohner Clavinet, and, finally, to various synthesizers, sequencers & electronic percussion units.

Answer 27

Fender-Rhodes

Question 28

Producer___ transformed EW&F’s sound.

Answer 28

Charles Stepney

Question 29

Producer___ transformed EW&F’s sound.

Answer 29

Charles Stepney

Question 30

____ helped to redefine the sound of African American pop in this period and became known for its festive stage shows and jubilant horn section

Answer 30

Earth, Wind & Fire

Question 31

Maurice White began playing drums in Memphis with his schoolmate __

Answer 31

Booker T. Jones

Question 32

EW&F were brothers from

Answer 32

Chicago, IL & Memphis TN

Question 33

“EW&F had a “______ mentality…in the manner of (jazz musicians) Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan.”

Answer 33

College-educated Black

Question 34

first arena-sized black band (1970s)

Answer 34

EW&F

Question 35

Group that appeared in the film Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band performing the Beatles’ “Got to Get You Into My Life” arranged in the style of another 70s era “horn band

Answer 35

EW&F

Question 36

Boots Collions was from

Answer 36

Cincinnati, Ohio

Question 37

Previous “Pacemakers” funk bass player, songwriter & vocalist

Answer 37

Bootsy Collins

Question 38

The Pacemakers later became

Answer 38

The J.B’s

Question 39

After returning to Cincinnati in 1971, Collins formed the House Guests and then moved to Detroit to join George Clinton’s collective____

Answer 39

Parliament/Funkadelic

Question 40

In 1976 Collins formed__, a sub-unit of Clinton’s P-Funk collective

Answer 40

Bootsy’s Rubber Band

Question 41

Famed for his custom-made “____” Bootsy took guest turns with a variety of R&B and rock artists including Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads, Deee-Lite, the Soup Dragons, Bill Laswell, Fatboy Slim, and Victor Wooten

Answer 41

star-shaped space bass

Question 42

In 2010____ founded an online education initiative, the Funk University, which presented lectures and audio and video files related to bass theory and the history of funk to registered students

Answer 42

Bootsy Collins

Question 43

___ began singing gospel in their native Cincinnati before moving to NY

Answer 43

Isley Brothers

Question 44

This group followed the was influenced by James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone and, with Ernie Isley's Hendrix-influenced guitar, recorded a series of hit singles that dominated the rhythm and blues charts until 1983, while hardly reaching a white audience

Answer 44

Isley Brothers

Question 45

This band introduced the electronic age into modern black music, by incorporating the most modern forms of technology while remaining identified with the James Brown groove and the bro on the street.

Answer 45

P-Funk

Question 46

Keyboardist___ was crucial to the technologization of black popular music

Answer 46

Bernie Worrell

Question 47

Bernie Worrell used the ___ which was capable not only of playing low notes, but of stacking a number of bass tones onto one key—creating the fullest bass sound ever played

Answer 47

Moog synthesizer

Question 48

Ohio Players veteran key-boardist

Answer 48

Junie Morrison

Question 49

The__ loops surpassed JB as the samples of choice

Answer 49

p-funk

Question 50

__-based rap group Digital Underground went overboard with their allegiance to P-Funk,

Answer 50

Oakland