JAZZ 3

Question 1

What instrument did charlie parker play?

Answer 1

alto sax

Question 2

what was charlie parker’s nickname?

Answer 2

BIRD

Question 3

Charlie Parker was embarrassed at an early jam session when drummer Jo Jones…

Answer 3

threw a cymbal at his feet

Question 4

Parker was a member of which big band from Kansas?

Answer 4

Jay McShann

Question 5

Dizzy Gillespie’s 1940s big band experimented with fusing bebop with..

Answer 5

CUBAN DANCE MUSIC

Question 6

Many of the smaller bebop clubs were housed on….

Answer 6

52nd st.

Question 7

Who joined Charlie Parker’s band after Dizzy Gillespie quit?

Answer 7

MILES DAVIS

Question 8

What happened to Charlie Parker in California?

Answer 8

he was committed to a mental institution

Question 9

Norman Grantz produced an album with Charlie Parker for Mercury Records featuring…

Answer 9

a rhythm section and strings

Question 10

Aside from a career of working as a musician, Dizzy Gillespie played with the idea of..

Answer 10

becoming president

Question 11

Miles Davis collaborated with composer/arranger___on his nonet recordings.

Answer 11

Gil Evans

Question 12

Gerry Mulligan started a piano-less quarter with trumpeter__after moving to the west coast.

Answer 12

CHET BAKER

Question 13

Dave Brubeck experimented with odd time signatures on his song___from Time out

Answer 13

Blue Rondo a La Turk

Question 14

The Jazz Messengers were led by….

Answer 14

Art Blakey

Question 15

Hard Bop is best described as having…

Answer 15

blues, R&B, and gospel influence

Question 16

Clifford Brown co-led a highly influential quintet along with drummer___.

Answer 16

MAX ROACH

Question 17

Jimmy Smith was best known for his organ trio recordings for____.

Answer 17

Blue note

Question 18

What kind of organ did jimmy smith play?

Answer 18

Hammond B3

Question 19

what was unique about Wes Montgomery’s technique?

Answer 19

he used his thumb instead of a pick

Question 20

After wes montgomery signed to Verve, he started recording____.

Answer 20

arrangements of popular songs

Question 21

Woodie Herman’s “second hurd” sax section was known as the…

Answer 21

the four brothers

Question 22

Stan Getz achieve crossover success with his groundbreaking album____

Answer 22

JAZZ SAMBA

Question 23

Ornette Colman was known for his innovations in…..

Answer 23

FREE JAZZ

Question 24

What was the name of the Ornette Colman record featuring 2 quartets playing at the same time

Answer 24

free jazz

Question 25

Miles Davis employed saxophonist___ for his first great quintet of the 1950s

Answer 25

John Coltrane

Question 26

Who joined Mile Davis’ group for the kind of blue recordings on alto sax?

Answer 26

cannonball ADDERLEY

Question 27

Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue record focused on….

Answer 27

modal jazz

Question 28

Miles Davis’ second great quintet of the 1960s featured pianist….

Answer 28

Herbie Hancock

Question 29

In 1960, John Coltrane recorded a song and album of the same name that featured an unusual chord progression. What was the song?

Answer 29

Giant Steps

Question 30

What was the protest song that was recorded by Charles Mingus on Mingus Ah Um?

Answer 30

Fables of Faubus

Question 31

One of Charles Mingus’ last recording projects was with folk singer….

Answer 31

Joni Mitchell

Question 32

The Bill Evans trio featured what he callled the _____,which was the tempo of the music was implied rather than stated outright

Answer 32

internalized beat

Question 33

Herbie Hancock led an experimental group called____before expanding into fusion

Answer 33

Mwandishi

Question 34

What was Herbie Hancock’s fusion band called?

Answer 34

The Headhunters

Question 35

What was Miles Davis’ first the hit fusion record?

Answer 35

BITCHES BREW

Question 36

What was the name of guitarist John McLaughlin’s fusion band in the 1970s?

Answer 36

The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Question 37

The band Weather Report featured a virtuoso bass player named…

Answer 37

Jaco Pastorius

Question 38

Birdland was written by the leader of Weather Report

Answer 38

Joe Zawinul

Question 39

Chick Corea’s fusion band was called….

Answer 39

Return to forever

Question 40

Guitarist Pat Metheny’s first album was almost entirely orginal compositions, what was it called?

Answer 40

BRIGHT SIZE LIFE

Question 41

Song for Bilbao features Pat Metheny playing a….

Answer 41

guitar synthesizer

Question 42

George Benson had a breakthrough smooth jazz album called____in 1976

Answer 42

Breezin’

Question 43

Throughout the 1970s, what pianist was featured in a series of completely improvised concerts?

Answer 43

KEITH JARRET

Question 44

Wynton Marsalis got his start with what band?

Answer 44

The Jazz Messengers

Question 45

By the late 1980s and 1990s, Marsalis had moved on to….

Answer 45

traditional New Orleans styles

Question 46

Joshua Redman’s second album, Wish featured guitarist….

Answer 46

Pat Metheny

Question 47

Joshua Redmen’s 2002 album Elastic feautures mainly

Answer 47

funky fusion

Question 48

Which pianist featured Joshua Redman on his 2010 concept album, Highway Rider?

Answer 48

Brad Mehldau

Question 49

Who is the guitarist from Benin that feaures a unique interplay between vocal baselines, melodies and percussion sounds,while also playing guitar?

Answer 49

Lionel Loueke

Question 50

Who won a grammy for best new artist in the 2011 grammies?

Answer 50

ESPERANZA SPALDING

Question 51

What artist was able to fund his first album using a fundraising campaign with IHarmU?

Answer 51

JACOB COLLIER

Question 52

Who is the contemporary big band composer that is also one of the founders of Artist Share?

Answer 52

MARIA SCHNEIDER