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1
The free jazz performer who is able to blend the two musical worlds (jazz and classic) is
A)John Coltrane
B)Cecil Taylor
C)Ornette Coleman
D)Anthony Braxton
2
In the 1960's, which city reprised its role as the geographical center of a style of jazz?
A)New York
B)New Orleans
C)Chicago
D)Kansas City
3
Who were two of the earliest jazz artists to attempt to avoid the constraints of the bar lines and move toward a more free-flowing rhythm?
A)Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
B)Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley
C)Stan Kenton and Woody Herman
D)Lester Young and Gerry Mulligan
4
The free jazz musician who believes that "You can play sharp in tune and flat in tune" is
A)John Coltrane
B)Gerry Mulligan
C)Ornette Coleman
D)Cecil Taylor
5
The free jazz artist whose concerts are known for difficult to follow, long, uninterrupted, intense, improvisational composition is
A)Ornette Coleman
B)Cecil Taylor
C)Carla Bley
D)Sun Ra
6
Among the compositional and performances practices of the Art Ensemble of Chicago are
A)an emphasis on collective interaction
B)a suspension of fixed rhythmic support (no drums)
C)a wide range of tone colors
D)all of these
7
Music based on random relationships is known as
A)contrapuntal music
B)arrhythmic music
C)chance music
D)polyphonic music
8
Music that seeks to avoid the chord and melodic relationships normally associated with the major-minor system is called
A)arrhythmic music
B)atonal music
C)aeolian music
D)chance music
9
Although collective improvisation is one of the hallmarks of free jazz, it is also a landmark of
A)swing
B)stride
C)bebop
D)Dixieland
10
The free form artist honored by a Guggenheim Foundation grant was
A)Cecil Taylor
B)Sun Ra
C)Ornette Coleman
D)Greg Orsby





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