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1
Jazz reached its peek of popularity during the mid:
A)1920s
B)1930s
C)1940s
D)1950s
2
Another name for big-band jazz is:
A)swing
B)dance hall music
C)jazz orchestra music
D)none of the above
3
Lester Young's instrument was:
A)trumpet
B)piano
C)drums
D)tenor saxophone
4
Benny Goodman's instrument was the:
A)saxophone
B)clarinet
C)piano
D)trombone
5
This band leader mysteriously disappeared during a flight from England to Paris:
A)Lester Young
B)Benny Goodman
C)Harry James
D)Glenn Miller
6
One of the earliest long term engagements for "Duke" Ellington was at Harlem's:
A)Harlem Jazz Club
B)Apollo Club
C)Roseland
D)Cotton Club
7
Big bands evolved to become "back-up" ensembles for:
A)dance teams
B)singers
C)instrumental soloists
D)none of the above
8
Billie Holiday used this to alter her voice and add expressive effects:
A)scat singing
B)alcohol
C)a recording horn
D)a microphone
9
The song "Strange Fruit" is about:
A)a lynching
B)southern trees
C)two women
D)all of the above
10
This jazz genre developed as a revolt against the "domestication" of jazz:
A)swing
B)bebop
C)crooner jazz
D)latin jazz
11
Large and richly dissonant chords is a trademark of this kind of jazz:
A)bebop
B)modal jazz
C)Big-band jazz singing
D)all of the above
12
In bebop, which instrument often keeps "beat"?
A)piano
B)bass
C)drums
D)guitar
13
Who is considered the most influential of all jazz musicians?
A)Louis Armstrong
B)Fletcher Henderson
C)Miles Davis
D)Charlie Parker
14
Afro-Cuban rhythms were introduced into jazz by:
A)Charlie Parker
B)Miles Davis
C)Tito Puente
D)"Dizzy" Gillespie
15
This jazz composer performed his "Black, Brown and Beige" in Carnegie Hall in 1943.
A)George Gershwin
B)Count Basie
C)Benny Goodman
D)Duke Ellington
16
Concerto for Cootie is a concerto for:
A)clarinet
B)saxophone
C)piano
D)trumpet
17
Which pianist-arranger is responsible for "progressive" jazz?
A)Count Basie
B)Thelonius Monk
C)Stan Kenton
D)Duke Ellington
18
Atonal, Polytonal and irregular meters is associated with this jazz composer/performer:
A)Dizzy Gillespie
B)Dave Brubeck
C)Stan Kenton
D)Miles Davis
19
In reaction to the complexity and exclusive nature of bebop, this genre of jazz was developed:
A)modal jazz
B)free jazz
C)invertible jazz
D)cool jazz
20
"Boplicity" is an excellent example of:
A)bebop jazz
B)cool jazz
C)modal jazz
D)freee improvisation
21
Driving rock rhythms, "amen" chords and hints of gospel music are all elements of this kind of jazz:
A)cool jazz
B)experimental jazz
C)modal jazz
D)hard bop





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