Test 2

Question 1

collective improvisation

Answer 1

simultaneous improvisation by all members of a group together

Question 2

trumpet style piano

Answer 2

produce horn like solo lines on octaves with right hand and the harmony with the left hand,
discovered by Earl Hines

Question 3

c-melody sax

Answer 3

saxophone pitched in the c-key

Question 4

stride piano

Answer 4

bass notes alteranate with mid-range chords ‘stride down the street’

Question 5

boogie-woogie

Answer 5

premodern style associated with mead lax lewis,

repetitive lt hand bass figure

Question 6

chord substitution

Answer 6

advanced technique of using a chord in the place of another

Question 7

Original Dixiland Jazz Band

Answer 7

first “White” namnd to make a recording.

From Chicago

Question 8

Joe “King” Oliver

Answer 8

creolle jazz band

first jazz musician that had a band

Question 9

Louis Armstrong

Answer 9

‘Dipper Mouthe” and satchmo

Question 10

Sidney Bechet

Answer 10

firts to double two different instramants (clarinet & soprano sax)

Question 11

James P. Johnson

Answer 11

father of stride piano

Question 12

Jelly Roll Morton

Answer 12

1st to notate jazz musics
part of Red Hot Peppers
1st arranger

Question 13

Red Hot Peppers

Answer 13

swing style song played 2-3 lines simutaneously

Question 14

Earl Hines

Answer 14

Stride piano, strongly influenced bebop pianist created trumpet style piano

Question 15

Bix Beiderbecke

Answer 15

first great white jazz soloist learned by ear with the wolverines died bof alcohol induced stroke

Question 16

Frank Trumbauer

Answer 16

“Tram” played c-melody sax with Bix in Paul Whitman Orchestra

Question 17

Kid Ory

Answer 17

true jazz trombonist

Question 18

Fletcher Henderson

Answer 18

Georgia larger bands, sent for luis armstrong to join his own band

Question 19

Bessie Smith

Answer 19

Empress of Blues known for her large voice

Question 20

Benny Goodman

Answer 20

King of Swing
First to hire black musicians
Clarinet player the first white band leader to integrate his band
played ‘lets dance’

Question 21

Tommy Dorsey

Answer 21

trombonist
led one of the most popular bands of the big dance
smooth style trombonist

Question 22

Roy Eldridge

Answer 22

most advanced improvisers of the swing era

tumpet player with incredible range

Question 23

Coleman Hawkins

Answer 23

“Father of the Jazz Tenor Sax”

improvised like L.A. “Body & Soul” demostrated skills of passing chords

Question 24

Art Tatum

Answer 24

blind pianist that played on his own radio show known for chord substitution

Question 25

Art Tatum

Answer 25

blind pianist that played on his own radio show known for chord substitution

Question 26

Mary Lou Williams

Answer 26

pianist that taught herself boogie-woogie adopted the swing style
An important composer and arranger

Question 27

Billie Holiday

Answer 27

“Elleanor” – “Lady Day”
Most influential vocalist due to her gentle quality of her voice.
Wrote “God Bless the Child”

Question 28

Ella Fitzgerald

Answer 28

Vocalist
Finest of all time, mid vocal range, and could scat sing
Discovered at the Apollo
Started chick Webb Band

Question 29

Count Basie

Answer 29

Led one of the greatest swing bands of all time
Stride pianist
Led the All-American rhythm section

Question 30

Lester Young

Answer 30

comping
Prez
Tenor Saxophonist

Question 31

All American Rhythm Section (Basie)

(Walter Page, Freddie Green, Jo Jones)

Answer 31

walking bass style
piano
guitar
bass 
drums