Module 4

Question 1

Tom Turpin & James Bland

Answer 1

Popular ragtime performers.

Question 2

Ragtime

Answer 2

Music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment, evolved by black American musicians in the 1890s and played especially on the piano.

Question 3

Jelly Roll Norton

Answer 3

Early ragtime pianist who “ragged” music from a variety of genres by emphasizing a theme and adding the characteristic “march-like” ragtime bass

Question 4

Scott Joplin

Answer 4

One of the most famous ragtime composers, made it popular. King of ragtime.

Question 5

Maple Leaf Rag

Answer 5

Very famous rag song written by Scott Joplin about a club that he used to play in.

Question 6

Buddy Bolden

Answer 6

One of the first and most important musicians from New Orleans to have a major influence on early jazz.

Question 7

The Original Dixieland Jass Band

Answer 7

White jazz band from New Orleans who made the first ever jazz recordings. Their song Livery Stable Blues was an instant hit.

Question 8

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

Answer 8

One of the first famous black jazz bands. Introduced the world to Louis Armstrong in the early 20s.

Question 9

Dippermouth Blues

Answer 9

A song by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz band that foreshadowed the future of improvised soloing in jazz.

Question 10

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 10

The cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars.

Question 11

King Oliver

Answer 11

Influential black bandleader/trumpet player, helped to bring jazz to Chicago