Midterm 1 Flashcards
Swing is a term that primarily indicates a
Rhythmic feeling
To improvise is to BLANK and BLANK simultaneously.
Compose and perform
Syncopation is found
In african and european music
The textbook pointed out that in addition to being a timekeeper, the modern drummer also acts as a
Colorist
Most jazz is guided by
Preset accompaniment harmonies
A group of musicians consisting of piano guitar bass and drums would be termed
A rhythm section
A collection of snare drum bass drum tom tom hi hat and cymbals would be called
A drum kit
What was not one of the roots of the blues
Ragtime
Which one of the following was not a characteristic of field hollars?
Group Vocals
The form of the blues is
A-A-B
Ragtime developed primarily from
European march and Afro-American banjo tradition
New Orleans was ripe to be the birthplace of jazz because
the city had a tremendous amount of brass band activity
Storyville was
the cradle of jazz. a licensed prostitution district. established by sidney story. the center of jazz activity between 1897-1917.
free people of color whose social status was closer to whites in southern areas of the united states during the time of slavery and whose ancestry was a mix of African and French or Spanish blood were known as
Creoles
The people named in the answer to flashcard 14 were important to the development of jazz because
children of creole families often received high quality music training reinforcing, over the years, the intensely musical orientation of New Orleans
Which one of the following was a primary cause of the demise of the golden age of jazz in New Orleans
Migration of blacks to northern cities
Which one of the following combination of terms works best together
Syncopation / swing feel
Which one of the following styles of music does not contain improvisation at any time
Ragtime
Which one of the following had the biggest effect on popularizing ragtime in the 1890s
Player Piano
Which one of the following did not have a direct impact on the history of Jazz
Robert Johnson
Which one of the following best describes Joe “King” Oliver
Louis Armstrong’s mentor
Which one of the following does not belong in the grouping? Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin, Johnny Cyr, Bix Beiderbecke, Johnny Dodds
Bix Beiderbecke
Which one of the following does not belong in the discussion of Louis Armstrong’s cornet playing? Unorthodox technique on the cornet, blues laced improvised lines, a strong sense of laid back jazz phrasing, use of scat singing, sometimes began a song with a fanfare
Unorthodox technique on the cornet.
Louis Armstrong was one of the first jazz musicians to
Abandon the stiffness of ragtime phrasing, play swinging melodic patterns, use the cornet as an extension of his voice while improvising, employ scat singing techniques. All are correct.
Louise Armstrong’s performance on his 1928 recording of West End Blues was significant because
he forecast the future of jazz improvisation with complex, syncopated improvised phrases
Which one of the following was not an important contribution to jazz by Louis Armstrong
Introduced impressionist hormones by Debussy and Ravel into jazz
Which one of the following does not belong in a discussion of Chicago style of jazz of the 1920’s? Saxophone, 2 beat rhythmic feel, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, the Wolverines
Louis Armstrong
Which of the following best describes Bix Beiderbecke
Provided a clear alternative to Louis Armstrong in cornet playing as well as improvising style
What Bix Beiderbecke piano composition was laced with impressionistic harmonies drawn from French classical composers Ravel and Debussy
In a Mist
What Creole clarinetist became a jazz sensation outside of the United Stated in the 1920s
Sidney Bechet
Which one of the following was a most important contribution to jazz made by Sidney Bechet
introduced and popularized jazz in Europe during the 1920s
Stride refers to
walking left hand finger patterns on the piano keyboard
Which one of the following was a difference between New Orleans and Harlem stride
Ultra fast tempos
Which one of the following was considered the best Harlem stride player
James P Johnson
Who was the leading practitioner of boogie boogie in the 1930s
Meade Lewis
What legally blind pianist learned to play classical music as a youngster by listening to piano recordings and imitating what he heard
Art Tatum
Which one of the following does not belong in a discussion of Louis Armstrong? bravura trumpet style, the rip, scat singing, trumpet fanfares, the blues
The “rip”
Who was the most revolutionary figure in early jazz in the list below. Lil Harding Armstrong, Joe “King” Oliver, Frankie Trumbauer, James P Johnson, Kid Ory
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Which of the following was common to both Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke
Chicago
Which one of the following was common to ragtime, stride, and boogie woogie
syncopation
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Swing evolved out of New Orleans and Chicago jazz and the New York Society Band scene of the 1920s
Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of swing era big band
Collective improvisation.
The whole band playing the same melody together as if one instrument is
tutti
Five saxophones stand up together, play the same melody. What do you call this
Saxophone Soli
The person who takes an existing composition and inscribes individual parts on music paper for each member of the band is called
the arranger
the south chorus..
may consist of multiple riffs played simultaneously by the various horn section. is usually the exciting climax of a big band arrangement. is near the end of the song when various horn sections are engaging in an exciting riff based call and response, and is the tutti section near the end of the song
Fletcher Henderson
established the prototype big band in the mid 20s in New York. settling on an instrumentation that included saxophones, trombones, trumpets, and a rhythm section
Which one of the following groups does not apply to Benny Goodman
arranger, composer, block chord voicings.
The swing era trumpet player most identified with “growl style” trumpets playing was
Cootie Williams
Benny Goodman was best known as the musician who
forced the issue of racial integration in music during the 1930s
Ella Fitzgerald is best known for
scat singing
what physically challenged swing era band leader set the early standards for big band drumming during the 30s
Chick Webb
Which one of the following musicians did not play with Duke Ellington during the Swing Era
Lester Young
Ellington’s compositions often painted musical portraits of people and places. Another term that musicians and composers often use to describe this kind of music is
tone poem
Duke Ellington is best described as
The single most prolific composer/arranger of jazz
Django Reinhardt was
The first important international jazz musician
What big band pianist/arranger/composer was often dismissed as a novelty in jazz, although highly respected by other musicians?
Mary Lou Williams
What alto saxophonist stood alongside tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young as a dominant musical force during the swing era and beyond?
Johnny Hodges
Musicians and critics generally regard _________________’s Band as the most swinging.
Count Basie
Count Basie, Walter Page, Freddie Green and Jo Jones were
players in the same band during most of the swing era. possibly the greatest grouping of players in their respective section during that era. rhythm section players. all americans.
Which one of the following best describes Coleman Hawkins?
Tenor saxophonist, big deep tone, wide vibrato, Fletcher Henderson, non lyrical solos
Which one of the following best describes Lester Young?
tenor saxophonist / use of space / lyrical player / Prez / Count Basie / soft, lighter tone
Charlie Christian was
one of the early pioneers of bebop, the first important electric guitar improviser, the first great electric guitarist, the first lead guitarist in jazz
Which one of the following was one of the several new big band arranging techniques introduced by Duke Ellington?
Cross section chord voicings.
