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1
The saxophonist who used thematic variation rather than variations on a standard melody or playing changes was
A)Coleman Hawkins
B)Branford Marsalis
C)Sonny Rollins
D)Wayne Shorter
2
The hard bop school marks a return to
A)"straight ahead" jazz
B)dixieland-like polyphony
C)innovative experimentation
D)the homophonic, written arrangements of the Swing Era
3
The arranger whose arrangements for the Dizzy Gillespie State Department sponsored tour proved that good, funky blues worked for big bands was
A)Horace Silver
B)Duke Ellington
C)Quincy Jones
D)Charles Mingus
4
Among the most prominent innovators of the emerging "funky" style, and the artist who is its highly regarded progenitor was
A)Andre Previn
B)Horace Silver
C)Bill Evans
D)Duke Ellington
5
The artist who twice retired (1959 to 1961 and again in 1969) to practice because he was dissatisfied with his playing was
A)Bill Evans
B)Art Blakey
C)Charles Mingus
D)Sonny Rollins
6
The player/composer whose career ranged from working with Louis Armstrong to leading intense experimental ensembles was
A)Charles Mingus
B)Horace Silver
C)George Russell
D)Bill Evans
7
"Haitian Fight Song" and "Better Git it in Your Soul" are compositions by
A)Duke Ellington
B)Charles Mingus
C)Horace Silver
D)Andre Previn
8
The distinction between cool and hard bop was both musical and geographical.
A)True
B)False
9
The amen chords of gospel jazz are
A)plagal cadences
B)authentic cadences
C)deceptive cadences
D)imperfect cadences
10
The hard bop Jazz Messengers were a "jazz university" that trained many artists (including the Marsalis brothers and Freddie Hubbard). Who led the Jazz Messengers?
A)Horace Silver
B)Charles Mingus
C)Jimmy Smith
D)Art Blakey





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