Jazz Oct 1 Flashcards
Who was Lady Day?
Billie Holiday
Who was the empress of the blues?
Bessie smith
Who was the father of tenor sax?
Coleman Hawkins
Who played the sax sideways?
Lester Young
Who was the famous white cornet player?
Bix Spiderbeck
Who was Jack Teagarden?
Trombone-played with louis armstrong in the west
Who was Guy Lombardo?
Played sax with a lot of vibrato
What instrument did tommy dorsey play?
Trombone
Who was chick webb?
Drummer, he was about 4 feet tall, suffered from a spinal complication
Who was Benny Goodman?
Led mixed race bands ALSO played clarinet
Which pianist and composer was known as “the royalty of jazz”?
Count Basie
What was Lionel Hampton famous for?
Vibraphone
Who was Ella Fitsgerald?
The First Lady of Song (Scat)
Who was the first woman to play trumpet and piano?
Valada Snow
T or F? There were many all women bands during WWII?
True, most men were away at war
