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The earliest hub of jazz activity was centered around what city?

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New Orleans

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What were the names of the earliest approaches to jazz?

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New Orleans Jazz, Dixieland and Chicago Jazz

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Who came up with the idea to cluster all of New Orleans prostitution in 1897 to only one section of town

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Sidney Story

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What was the area that prostitution was limitd to in New Orleans?

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Eight blocks wide and eleven blocks long

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How many Storyville’s were there and what were they divided by

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Two a white and a black divided by Canal Street

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What was one type of enticement to a whore house in Storyville?

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Musicalentertainment

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What two types of performer were employed by Storyville prostitutional bands?

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Solo piano ad combo

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What type of piano was typically performed in Storyville?

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Stride pianon and swing

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Who quickly tried to imitate the energetic music of brothel black combos?

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White musician group

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Why were white musicians unable to convey the same raw level of exuberance as their African American brothel counterparts?

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Because their access to training muted their enthusiasm

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What have many jazz historians labeled the white version of jazz?

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Dixieland

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Who was the American Secretary of war duruing the Great War?

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Newton W. Baker

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Why did Secretary of War Newton W. Baker order the closure of Storyville?

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Because he wanted no open prostitution to take place within 5 miles of an army training camp

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What organization mounted a vigorous morality campaign in America during World War One?

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The American Social Hygiene Organization

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After the closure of Storyville tto what ciy did many musicians go to?

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Chicago

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What was one of the first effects of the move North by many musicians on jazz?

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Its increasing sophistication as musical literacy improved which reduced the amount of improvisation

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In what texture was New Orleans Jazz predominantly?

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Heterophony

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How did solos change on the move from New Orleans to Chicago?

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In New Orleans short solo break were not very frequent and usually short but by Chicago they had grown to last for an entire chorus

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What instrument did Joe King Oliver play?

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The coronet

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What was the nickname for the lead cornet ppplayer in many New Orleans combos?

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King

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What band did Joe King Oliver organize?

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King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

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Where was the Gennet recording studio located?

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Richmond, illinois

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What combo did Dippermouth Blues employ?

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New Orleans Jazz style combo?

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Who was Dippermouth a teasing reference to?

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Louis Armstrong whose mouth was claimed to be as big as a dipper

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What instrument did Louis Armstrong play in Dippermouth Blues?

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Cornet

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When was Louis Armstrong hired by Joe King Oliver?

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July 1922

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What was Armstrong’s nickname other than Dippermouth

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Satchmo

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What instrument did Honore Dutry play in Dippermouth Blues?

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The Trombone

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Who was the clarinetist in Dippermouth Blues?

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Johnny Dods

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Who played the woodblock in Dippermouth Blues?

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Warren Dods

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Who was the banjo player in Dippermouth Blues?

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Bill Johnson

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Who was the piano player in Dipperrmouth Blues?

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Kukkuab Gardub

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What was Louis Armstrong’s second wife’s name?

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Lil Hardin

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Who was nicknamed the Jazz Wonder Child?

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lilian Hardin

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Why was Lilian Hardin called the Jazz Wonder Child?

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Because despite her formal training she was excellent in jazz

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What style of texture does the Chicago style of jazz use?

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Homophonic

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What four choruses in Dippermouth Blues feature an extended solo?

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Choruses 3,4,6,7

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What rhythm is the hallmark of the jazz style?

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Swing Rhythm

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How is the wah wah mute achieved in Dippermouth Blues?

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The rubber plunger of a plumbers helper is flexed in front of the bell of the cornet

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