Jazz test Flashcards
Where was the cotton club Located?
Harlem, New York
Who got his start At The Cotton club /acted as a music director?
Duke Elligton
How where the Racial Relations at The Cotton Club?
Odd, African Americans were allowed to perform but not allowed to watch performances only white people were allowed to be in the audience
What era of music did the Cotton Club help?
Swing
Where is Apollo theater Located?
Harlem, New York
Who got their start at Apollo theater? (three musicians)
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Thelonious Monk
True or false Helped amature musicians get their start
True
Where was Minton’s playhouse Located?
Harlem, New York
What type of Jazz got its start at Minton’s playhouse
Bebop
True or False musicians went late in the evening after their normal jazz gigs and created the style known as bebop
True
When did Minton’s playhouse open?
1940
Where was Harlem exactly located?
Manhattan New York
Where was the “birthplace of jazz”?
New Orleans
What era of Jazz was Kanas city A big part in
Swing
Who played the piano
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk
Who Played the sax.
Charlie Parker, John Coltrane
Who played the trumpet
Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis
Who sang vocals
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith
Who played the clairenet
Benny Goodman
What was the first era of Jazz music (in Cronolgical Order)
Blues
Describe Blues
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
Who Sang Blues
(Bessie Smith & Billie Holiday)
What was the second Era of Jazz (in order?
Ragtime
describe Ragtime
started at the beginning of the 1900’s as piano music used for people to dance to cakewalks
Who played Ragtime?
(Scott Joplin)
What was the Third Era of Jazz (in Order)
Dixieland
Describe Dixieland Jazz
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
What was the fourth Era of Jazz (in order)
New Orleans
Describe New Orleans Jazz
started in the 1920’s. easy to dance and sing to. was meant to make people feel happy. added more improvisation than in Dixieland
Who played New Orleans Jazz
Louis Armstrong
What was the fifth Era of Jazz (in order)
Swing (Big Band)
Describe swing/Big Band Jazz
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
Who Played Swing (Big Band) Jazz
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Ella Fitzgerald
What was the sixth era of jazz (in order)
Bebop
describe bebop
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
Who played Bebop Jazz
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk
What was the Seventh Era of Jazz (in Order)
Cool Jazz
Describe Cool Jazz
started in the 1950’s as a reaction to bebop. much slower, calmer, subdued with smaller range and minimal vibrato. perceived as background music.
Who Played Cool Jazz
Miles Davis & John Coltrane
What was the eighth Era of Jazz
Fusion Jazz
Describe Fusion Jazz
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
Who played Fusion Jazz
Miles Davis
how many Era’s of Jazz are there?
eight
Where and when was Louis Armstrong Born?
New Orleans 1901
Who was considered the founding father of jazz music in America
Louis Armstrong
Where did Louis Armstrong get his start
he got his start by playing in Joe ‘King’ Oliver’s band
Why was Louis Armstrong sent to reform school?
shooting a starter’s pistol in the air
What did Louis Armstrong Play before he played the trumpet?
The Coronet
What were Louis Armstrong’s band’s (two) names
the Hot Five and the Hot Seven
Who moved jazz to a national and global level?
Louis Armstrong
Who created Scat and how?
Louis Armstrong: when he dropped his sheet music while recording
What did Louis Armstrong’s voice sound like?
Warm inviting and Gravely
