Midterm Listenings Flashcards
1
Q
Take the ‘A’ Train
A
- Duke Ellington
- Swing
2
Q
Maple Leaf Rag
A
- Scott Joplin
- Classic rag
3
Q
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
A
- coon song
4
Q
Down the Dirt Road Blues
A
- Charley Patton
- Country Blues
5
Q
Lost Your Head Blues
A
- Bessie Smith
- Vaudeville Blues
6
Q
Dippermouth Blues
A
- Joe Oliver and Louis Armstrong
- Early Jazz
7
Q
Black Bottom Stomp
A
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Early Jazz
8
Q
Cake Walking Babies From Home
A
- Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet
- Early Jazz
9
Q
Potato Head Blues
A
- Louis Armstrong
- Early Jazz
10
Q
West End Blues
A
- Louis Armstron
- Early Jazz
- intro trumpet solo
- slow, laidback
- scat vocals (call and response)
11
Q
Singin’ the Blues
A
- Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke
- Early Jazz
12
Q
Black and Tan Fantasy
A
- Duke Ellington
- Swing
13
Q
Handful of Keys
A
- Fats Waller
- Harlem stride piano
14
Q
Wrappin’ It Up
A
- Fletcher Henderson
- Swing
15
Q
Taxi War Dance
A
- Count Basie
- Swing
16
Q
Cotton Tail
A
- Duke Ellington
- Swing
17
Q
Ko-Ko
A
- Duke Ellington
- Swing
18
Q
Don’t Be That Way
A
- Benny Goodman
- Swing
19
Q
Cherokee
A
- Charlie Barnett
- Swing
20
Q
Yancey Special
A
- Meade Lux Lewis
- Boogie Woogie piano
21
Q
Seven Come Eleven
A
- Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman
- Small band swing
22
Q
Tiger Rag
A
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- Early Jazz
