Jazz test

Question 1

Where was the cotton club Located?

Answer 1

Harlem, New York

Question 2

Who got his start At The Cotton club /acted as a music director?

Answer 2

Duke Elligton

Question 3

How where the Racial Relations at The Cotton Club?

Answer 3

Odd, African Americans were allowed to perform but not allowed to watch performances only white people were allowed to be in the audience

Question 4

What era of music did the Cotton Club help?

Answer 4

Swing

Question 5

Where is Apollo theater Located?

Answer 5

Harlem, New York

Question 6

Who got their start at Apollo theater? (three musicians)

Answer 6

Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Thelonious Monk

Question 7

True or false Helped amature musicians get their start

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Where was Minton’s playhouse Located?

Answer 8

Harlem, New York

Question 9

What type of Jazz got its start at Minton’s playhouse

Answer 9

Bebop

Question 10

True or False musicians went late in the evening after their normal jazz gigs and created the style known as bebop

Answer 10

True

Question 11

When did Minton’s playhouse open?

Answer 11

1940

Question 12

Where was Harlem exactly located?

Answer 12

Manhattan New York

Question 13

Where was the “birthplace of jazz”?

Answer 13

New Orleans

Question 14

What era of Jazz was Kanas city A big part in

Answer 14

Swing

Question 15

Who played the piano

Answer 15

Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk

Question 16

Who Played the sax.

Answer 16

Charlie Parker, John Coltrane

Question 17

Who played the trumpet

Answer 17

Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis

Question 18

Who sang vocals

Answer 18

Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith

Question 19

Who played the clairenet

Answer 19

Benny Goodman

Question 20

What was the first era of Jazz music (in Cronolgical Order)

Answer 20

Blues

Question 21

Describe Blues

Answer 21

started by African-Americans who were forced into slavery as field hollers as a way to communicate has a lot of similarities with spirituals tells sad realistic narrative stories

Question 22

Who Sang Blues

Answer 22

(Bessie Smith & Billie Holiday)

Question 23

What was the second Era of Jazz (in order?

Answer 23

Ragtime

Question 24

describe Ragtime

Answer 24

started at the beginning of the 1900’s as piano music used for people to dance to cakewalks

Question 25

Who played Ragtime?

Answer 25

(Scott Joplin)

Question 26

What was the Third Era of Jazz (in Order)

Answer 26

Dixieland

Question 27

Describe Dixieland Jazz

Answer 27

started in the 1910’s in New Orleans and was a prelude to New Orleans Jazz. not a lot of improvisation was allowed and always used the same instrumentation

Question 28

What was the fourth Era of Jazz (in order)

Answer 28

New Orleans

Question 29

Describe New Orleans Jazz

Answer 29

started in the 1920’s. easy to dance and sing to. was meant to make people feel happy. added more improvisation than in Dixieland

Question 30

Who played New Orleans Jazz

Answer 30

Louis Armstrong

Question 31

What was the fifth Era of Jazz (in order)

Answer 31

Swing (Big Band)

Question 32

Describe swing/Big Band Jazz

Answer 32

started in the 1930’s and ended when WW2 started because many of the performers left to serve in the war. easy to dance to and meant to make people feel happy

Question 33

Who Played Swing (Big Band) Jazz

Answer 33

Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Ella Fitzgerald

Question 34

What was the sixth era of jazz (in order)

Answer 34

Bebop

Question 35

describe bebop

Answer 35

started in the 1940’s as a reaction to younger jazz players getting tired of playing by the rules of swing jazz. meant as a style of jazz to be enjoyed by the performer and not for the audience. fast, sounds unorganized, chaotic. hard to dance to and sing along with. bebop songs do not have lyrics or words. started by the 2nd generation of jazz musicians

Question 36

Who played Bebop Jazz

Answer 36

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk

Question 37

What was the Seventh Era of Jazz (in Order)

Answer 37

Cool Jazz

Question 38

Describe Cool Jazz

Answer 38

started in the 1950’s as a reaction to bebop. much slower, calmer, subdued with smaller range and minimal vibrato. perceived as background music.

Question 39

Who Played Cool Jazz

Answer 39

Miles Davis & John Coltrane

Question 40

What was the eighth Era of Jazz

Answer 40

Fusion Jazz

Question 41

Describe Fusion Jazz

Answer 41

created in the 1970’s from blending jazz with the new Rock and Roll sound of the electric guitar / from this creation came R&B and Hip Hop / helped move jazz music back into the national spotlight with having it join rock and pop music

Question 42

Who played Fusion Jazz

Answer 42

Miles Davis

Question 43

how many Era’s of Jazz are there?

Answer 43

eight

Question 44

Where and when was Louis Armstrong Born?

Answer 44

New Orleans 1901

Question 45

Who was considered the founding father of jazz music in America

Answer 45

Louis Armstrong

Question 46

Where did Louis Armstrong get his start

Answer 46

he got his start by playing in Joe ‘King’ Oliver’s band

Question 47

Why was Louis Armstrong sent to reform school?

Answer 47

shooting a starter’s pistol in the air

Question 48

What did Louis Armstrong Play before he played the trumpet?

Answer 48

The Coronet

Question 49

What were Louis Armstrong’s band’s (two) names

Answer 49

the Hot Five and the Hot Seven

Question 50

Who moved jazz to a national and global level?

Answer 50

Louis Armstrong

Question 51

Who created Scat and how?

Answer 51

Louis Armstrong: when he dropped his sheet music while recording

Question 52

What did Louis Armstrong’s voice sound like?

Answer 52

Warm inviting and Gravely