Midterm

Question 1

Jazz originated in blends of popular music, light classical music, and…

Answer 1

folk music

Question 2

Creoles of color had ancestry that was…

Answer 2

part african part french

Question 3

What language did creoles of color speak?

Answer 3

French

Question 4

Blues revived from what?

Answer 4

field hollers

Question 5

When brass and reed players played jazz, they imitated the scoops and drops of pitch used by

Answer 5

blues singers

Question 6

In addition to brass instruments and percussion instruments, early Louisiana brass band also included a….

Answer 6

clarinet

Question 7

What ia ragtime?

Answer 7

music that was put together like a military march

Question 8

Why doesn’t ragtime qualify as jazz style?

Answer 8

it lacked swing feeling

Question 9

What was the prostitution district in new orleans?

Answer 9

Storyville

Question 10

Early jazz musicians cons constructed their repertory primarily to…

Answer 10

accompany dances

Question 11

Why is the “party” atmosphere such a large contributor to the development of jazz?

Answer 11

it provided a demand for live music

Question 12

What did louis armstrong primarily play?

Answer 12

trumpet

Question 13

What is one of the ways early jazz differs from its ragtime, blues and brass band roots?

Answer 13

in early jazz, the performance was improvised

Question 14

Earl hynes’ instrument was the…

Answer 14

piano

Question 15

Who is the first “cool jazz” musician?

Answer 15

Bix Biderbecke

Question 16

Who were the most influential trumpeters of the 1920s?

Answer 16

louis armstrong and bix biderbecke

Question 17

What were the first jazz recordings made by?

Answer 17

The original dixieland jazz band

Question 18

What was fats waller’s primary instrument?

Answer 18

piano

Question 19

Where was New Orleans jazz recorded in first?

Answer 19

Chicago and New York

Question 20

What did the trumpet play in collective improvisation?

Answer 20

the melody

Question 21

What was jelly roll morton’s instrument?

Answer 21

piano

Question 22

What is one thing about Louis armstrong?

Answer 22

He popularized scat singing

Question 23

Who was called the “father” of stride piano?

Answer 23

James P. Johnson

Question 24

Where were Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton from?

Answer 24

New orleans

Question 25

What musician bridged the gap between ragtime and jazz piano, record well-organized solos with horn-like lines, balanced composition with improvisation and was the first important jazz composer?

Answer 25

Jelly Roll Morton

Question 26

True or False: Ride rhythms are usually played on a suspended cymbal?

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

True or false: In addition to being a timekeeper, the jazz drummer also acts as a colorist

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

True or false: Each new jazz style tended to make the previous ones obsolete

Answer 28

FALSE

Question 29

True or false: Performances must be completely improvised to be jazz

Answer 29

FALSE

Question 30

What cymbal are ride rhythms usually played on?

Answer 30

Suspended cymbal

Question 31

What are the two aspects that almost all jazz styles have in common?

Answer 31

Swing feeling and improvisation

Question 32

What is the instrument that closes with a "chick" sound?

Answer 32

high-hat

Question 33

What technique involves playing the piano in a syncopated manner?

Answer 33

comping

Question 34

What normally is the beginning of a routine for jazz musicians?

Answer 34

Playing a tune they all know

Question 35

What hand does the drummer use to play the snare drum?

Answer 35

Left

Question 36

What is the technique when the bassist plucks a string once per beat?

Answer 36

walking

Question 37

What is one complete progression of accompaniment chords?

Answer 37

chorus

Question 38

What makes up the rhythm section?

Answer 38

bass, drums, and chording instrument

Question 39

What is a bridge?

Answer 39

the B part of an AABA composition

Question 40

What is the AABA composition?

Answer 40

sequence to structure many popular songs

Question 41

What was the big deal with Kansas City, Kansas?

Answer 41

There was a huge demand for music

Question 42

What is a riff?

Answer 42

A short, repetitive, melodic rhythm

Question 43

What was the Count basie band?

Answer 43

william basie started a band that played KC style of jazz

Question 44

What did coleman hawking play?

Answer 44

tenor sax

Question 45

What did lester young play?

Answer 45

tenor sax

Question 46

What did art tatum and teddie wilson play?

Answer 46

piano

Question 47

What did roy eldridge play?

Answer 47

trumpet

Question 48

What was Duke ellington especially good at?

Answer 48

composing and arranging music (played piano)

Question 49

What was the cotton club?

Answer 49

all black entertainment, all white clientele

Question 50

Who was the father of the tenor sax?

Answer 50

lester young

Question 51

What did duke ellington play?

Answer 51

piano

Question 52

What did bennie goodman play?

Answer 52

clarinet

Question 53

What did louis armstrong play?

Answer 53

trumpet

Question 54

What are riffs sometimes used as?

Answer 54

background figures

Question 55

Who was the longest lasting big band musician?

Answer 55

duke ellington

Question 56

How many sections in a big band

Answer 56

3: reid, brass, and rhythm

Question 57

One way that swing differs from early jazz

Answer 57

Collective improvisation was rare in swing

Question 58

Three categories of instruments for big bands

Answer 58

Brass, sax phone, and rhythm section

Question 59

What is call and response?

Answer 59

A compositional technique in which one section states a theme as a question and another section states another theme to answer it

Question 60

What is rhythm guitar style?

Answer 60

Guitarist strumming one chord on each beat

Question 61

The rhythm section ordinarily contained what? (For big bands)

Answer 61

Piano, guitar, bass and drums

Question 62

Roy Eldridge bridged the gap between the style of..

Answer 62

Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie

Question 63

Roy Eldridge demonstrated..

Answer 63

Long sinewy lines were possible on the trumpet

Question 64

Who was considered to be the first important jazz tenor saxophonist?

Answer 64

Coleman Hawkins

Question 65

Coleman Hawkins is considered primarily as a ________ than a melodic improviser

Answer 65

A harmonic improviser

Question 66

two artists associated with Kansas City Jazz

Answer 66

Count Basie and Lester Young

Question 67

What are head arrangements?

Answer 67

Band arrangements created "off the top of someone's head". Never written down

Question 68

"Taxis War Dance" is an example of what arrangement?

Answer 68

Head arrangement

Question 69

Who was in Basie'a first rhythm section?

Answer 69

``` Basie (piano) Freddy Green (rhythm guitar) Walter Page (string bass) Jo Jones (drums) ```

Question 70

Some special qualities of the Basie Rhythm Section are..

Answer 70

Sense of tempo, quiet relaxed playing, buoyancy rather than intensity

Question 71

Bassist Walter Page contributed...

Answer 71

Even beats

Question 72

Freddie Green contributed..

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Coordination with brass and drums

Question 73

Jo Jones contributed

Answer 73

Quite bass drum

Question 74

The Basie rhythm section was well...

Answer 74

Balanced

Question 75

Coleman Hawkins would be "chugging", compared to Lester Young who was said to be..

Answer 75

"floating"

Question 76

The opposite of Coleman Hawkins is

Answer 76

Lester Young

Question 77

Sax player who is a model for "cool jazz"

Answer 77

Lester Young

Question 78

How would you describe Kansas City jazz?

Answer 78

Lighter and with two styles: blues and riff

Question 79

Brass section is made up of..

Answer 79

Trumpets and trombones

Question 80

Duke Ellingon was a.. (3 things)

Answer 80

Bandleader, pianist and composer

Question 81

Duke Ellington wrote portraits and pictures of..

Answer 81

Famous personalities and pictures of places

Question 82

Duke Ellington is widely acclaimed for having taken jazz into the format of..

Answer 82

Extended works

Question 83

Duke Ellington had two composition techniques

Answer 83

Voicing across sections and wordless vocal

Question 84

Important big bands were led by three people:

Answer 84

Duke Ellington (P), Count Basie (P), and Benny Goodman(C)

Question 85

Basie's rhythm section played..

Answer 85

Lightly and swung with ease

Question 86

Roy Eldridge paved the way for ______ by improvising fiery, saxophone-like lines

Answer 86

Dizzy Gillespie

Question 87

Art Tatum possessed phenomenal..

Answer 87

Speed

Question 88

Art Tatum was known for..

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spontaneously changing and adding chords in pop tune accompaniments and adding creating rhythmic surprises

Question 89

Mary Lou Williams was a ____ pianist who mastered many styles

Answer 89

Versatile. And created arrangements for many others.

Question 90

One of the most important functions for swing bands of the 30's and 40's was to...

Answer 90

Provide dance music

Question 91

Big band style does not necessarily mean...

Answer 91

swing style