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T or F: swing soloists were often so distinct in style that people tuning in over radio could often easily identify them

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T

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How were soloists handled during the swing era?

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Assigned to specific parts often no

More than 8 measures

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Most controversial incidence of a soloist leaving a band

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When cootie Williams left dukes band for goodmans

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One way soloists worked off frustrations with their restrictions was to _________

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Participate in jam sessions

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Teddy Wilson

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Piano in goodmans quartet

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Lionel Hampton

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Vibraphone in goodmans quartet

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Whose band was basically the only one with a vibraphone during the jazz swing era

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Benny goodmans

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Which band leader wanted to racially integrate his band, a radical step on stage?

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Benny goodman

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The film _______ featured soloists who had become famous for their work with count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and others, and captured the idea of what the narrator called “___________”

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Jammin the blues

A midnight symphony

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What changed about jazz and jazz bands post war?

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Focused less on checks and balances of big bands and more on small bands and individual soloists

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Who did Coleman Hawkins work extensively with during the swing era?

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Fletcher Henderson

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The first important saxophonists in jazz were ___________ and ____________.

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Sidney bichet

Frank trumbauer

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Sidney bichet focused on what?

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Soprano sax

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Frank trumbauer focused on what?

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C melody sax

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Hawkins established what?

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The tenor sax as the embodiment of jazz

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T or F: hawkins’s style was not considered the “correct” style of playing

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F

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What instrument sometimes rivaled the trumpet as jazz’s main instrument?

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Tenor saxophone

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Hawkins mastered chords and the way the relate to each other by?

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Developing his style based on arpeggios

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Arpeggio

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A chords notes are played successively, one at a time

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What made hawkins’s style so unique?

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He broke down chords into component notes

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Who was rival to Hawkins and rose while he was in Europe?

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Lester young

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Went to England to sign with British bandleader

Was greeted at every stop and ended up staying for 5 years

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Hawkins

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Ben Webster

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Studied violin and piano before taking up tenor sax

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Ben websters mentors

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Budd Johnson and Lester young

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Tenor star and arranger in earl Hines big band

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Budd Johnson

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The three pillars of the tenor saxophone

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Hawkins
Young
Webster

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Began on alto sax and later switched to tenor. Took spot as hendorsons tenor soloist, and later joined cab Calloway band

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Chu Berry

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Most original and influential trumpeter of the swing era

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Roy Eldridge

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Eldridge continued to study ________, but his primary stimulation came from ________.

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Armstrong

Saxophonists

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First black musician to sit in a white orchestra

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Roy Eldridge

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Who’s sound did Lester young sought to reproduce?

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Frank traumbaer

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Which musician was drafted into the war

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Lester young

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Hawkins vs young

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  • Hawkins arpeggiated each chord in a harmonic progression, while young touched on some chords and ignored others
  • hawkins had a more restricted attitude towards dissonance and rhythm, while Young was more liberal
  • Hawkins phrases were tied to the beat, while youngs sometimes disregarded the beat
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Two contrary factors that stimulated jazz growth abroad

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Serious exhilarating art

Rebellion and liberty

34
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Reinhardt and grappelli’s band

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The quintette

35
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What replaced piano and drums in the quintette

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Two rhythm guitars and bass

36
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What instruments did carter play?

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Alto sax and trumpet

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Carters four components to the impact he made on jazz

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Instrumental
Composing
Band leading
Social activism

38
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Who established the alto saxophone as a major jazz instrument?

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Benny carter

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The first important jazz arranger to cut away the complex ornamentation of most dance bands

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Benny carter

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The most imitated trademark in Benny carter’s orchestrations was ___________.

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His writing for the reed section

41
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The first full time singers in a dance band

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Bing Crosby

Mildred bailey

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First major interracial night spot in the country

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New York cafe society

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Who became Ella’s legal guardian?

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Chick Webb

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Which recording made Ella famous?

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A tisket a tasket

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The foundation of swing bands lie in which section?

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Rhythm

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Which instruments helped set the stage for bebop?

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Rhythm

47
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Stride pianist who admired James p Johnson

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Fats Waller

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After Ellington, _________ remains jazz’s most successful pop songwriter

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Fats Waller

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What did much of fats wallers fame come from?

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Songs he wrote for theatrical events

50
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A pianist who was blind

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Art Tatum

51
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Word used to identify an artist of masterly technique and skill

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Virtuoso

52
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T or F: art Tatum was generally accepted into mainstream

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False

53
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Which instrument lost its recognition and importance in jazz and was sometimes seen as unimportant?

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acoustic Guitar

54
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Who’s band did Christian first join?

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Benny Goodman

55
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Charlie Christian

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brought guitar to forefront of band

56
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What historical figure was Charlie Christian compared to?

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Thomas Edison

57
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Of all the instruments in the jazz ensemble, the __________ was the slowest in reaching maturity.

A

Bass

58
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Who codified the walking bass

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Walter page

59
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Expanded the bass walk by using more advanced harmonies

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Milt Hinton

60
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Who also won respect as an important jazz photographer?

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Hinton

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Most in demand, frequently recorded bassist of his generation

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Milt Hinton

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Another bassist who began recording at 16 and spent three years with hendorsons band, encouraged to play solos

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Israel Crosby

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Best known bassist of swing era not famous for playing but because he led the most popular small band of its day

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John Kirby

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Bassist who was known for his ability to imitate scat singing

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Slam Stewart

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Who did the most to advance the cause of the bass?

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Duke Ellington

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Jimmy Blanton

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Revolutionized the bass instrument

67
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Which instrument did Blanton start out on

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Violin

68
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Slow syncopated rhythms derived from boogie woogie

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Shuffle rhythms

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First great swing drummer and first to lead his own orchestra

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Chick Webb

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First drummer to achieve the status of a matinee idol

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Gene Krupa

71
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Gene kruppas trademark

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Playing Tom toms

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A drummer who made his mark with count Basie, creating the fleet four four drive that made Basies rhythm section a swing era touchstone

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Jo jones

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One of the first drummers to work out a coherent logical approach to solos

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Big Sid

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The first white drummer to master African American percussion

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Dave Tough

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Famous for his speed and played with tommy Dorsey’s big band

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Buddy Rich

77
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who revolutionized jazz by using arpeggios

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Hawkins

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