Musc 1236 Midterm 1 People Condensed

Question 1

Bessie Smith

Answer 1

“Empress of the Blues”

Powerful Voice

Question 2

John Philip Sousa

Answer 2

Conductor and composer

name synonymous with brass band excellence.

Question 3

Scott Joplin

Answer 3

Ragtime composer
pianist
toured up and down Mississippi River
“Maple Leaf Rag”

Question 4

Wilbur Sweatman

Answer 4

Clarinetist and saxophonist
Performed professionally in minstrel shows and circus bands
Composed down home rag

Question 5

Manuel Perez

Answer 5

Focus was cornet (classical)
Worked with Jelly Roll Morton
played strictly rage time

Question 6

Buddy Bolden

Answer 6

First important musician in jazz

Played very load and had a seductiveness of his approach to slow blues

Question 7

Freddie Keppard

Answer 7

Trumpeter
Played with Creole Jazz Band
Brought new orleans jazz to rest of country

Question 8

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Answer 8

all-white

Only did recordings , restaurant

Question 9

Jelly Roll Morton

Answer 9

Creole
pianist
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Started Red Hot Peppers

Question 10

Red Hot Peppers

Answer 10

Group lead by Jelly Roll Morton

“The Number One Hot Band” existed to record

Question 11

King Oliver

Answer 11

Loved mutes

started creole jazz band

Question 12

Creole Jazz Band

Answer 12

Formed at lincoln gardes
brought in Louis armstrong
Played for audiences
lead by king oliver

Question 13

Sidney Bechet

Answer 13

Clarinet and soprano saxophone

First great improviser in jazz history

Question 14

Fletcher Henderson

Answer 14

arranger
black
helped define Swing Era
big-band
Hired louis armstrong

Question 15

James P. Johnson

Answer 15

“The Father of Stride Piano”

Question 16

Duke Ellington

Answer 16

Most important composer in jazz

1. Clarified nature of big-band jazz
2. solidified the influence of the stride piano as a jazz factor
3. jazz can be applied to popular songs
4. proved jazz is not a lower class music

Question 17

Louis Armstrong

Answer 17

grew up poor

was everywhere

Question 18

Louis armstrong and the hot five and seven

Answer 18

most influential small band in jazz history

Question 19

Who were Louis Armstrongs five influences that really can be measured as jazz progresses through the 20th century?

Answer 19

Blues, improvisation, singing, repertory, and rhythm

Question 20

Earl Hines

Answer 20

Pianist
recruited by Louis Armstrong
Played like Louis played trumpet

Question 21

Bix Beiderbecke

Answer 21

White
Learned about jazz from recordings
Helped create Chicago style

Question 22

Frankie Trumbauer

Answer 22

Helped create Chicago style

saxophonist, delicate solos

Question 23

Coleman Hawkins

Answer 23

legato performance style
tenor saxophone
Worked with Henderson
romantic expressiveness to jazz