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The standard rhythm section of the Swing Era was |
| | A) | piano, tuba, drums and banjo |
| | B) | guitar, bass and drums |
| | C) | piano, bass, drums and guitar |
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Which trombonist led the most publicly popular of all the swing bands? |
| | A) | Tommy Dorsey |
| | B) | Glenn Miller |
| | C) | Benny Moten |
| | D) | Count Basie |
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Who was the clarinetist/band leader who also recorded with many of the major "classical" ensembles (i.e., Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest String Quartet)? |
| | A) | Artie Shaw |
| | B) | Bennie Goodman |
| | C) | Woody Herman |
| | D) | Bob Crosby |
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Chick Webb, in addition to leading one of the great swing bands, also gave which legendary jazz vocalist her start? |
| | A) | Billie Holiday |
| | B) | Sara Vaughn |
| | C) | Ella Fitzgerald |
| | D) | Ethel Waters |
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Most musicians believe that which band was the "swingingest" band in jazz? |
| | A) | the Ellington Band |
| | B) | the Basie Band |
| | C) | the Miller Band |
| | D) | the Goodman Band |
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The Basie Band of the 1930s was known for |
| | A) | Tightly crafted, complex written arrangements |
| | B) | Riff based “head arrangements” and great soloists |
| | C) | A Dixieland-like two beat rhythm section |
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The two dominant tenor saxophonists whose influence can still be heard today were |
| | A) | Eddie Miller and Tex Beneke |
| | B) | Charlie Barnett and Herschel Evans |
| | C) | Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young |
| | D) | Frankie Trumbauer and Jimmy Dorsey |
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One man, thought not a great jazz musician, was influential in supporting jazz and jazz musicians and his orchestra could conceivably be considered the first third-stream ensemble: |
| | A) | Bob Crosby |
| | B) | Paul Whiteman |
| | C) | Count Basie |
| | D) | Glen Gray |
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Most jazz writers/historians credit whose 1935 opening at the Palomar Ballroom as the beginning of the Swing Era? |
| | A) | Tommy Dorsey |
| | B) | Benny Goodman |
| | C) | Artie Shaw |
| | D) | Duke Ellington |
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Billie Holiday's singing style was influenced by her favorite instrumentalist: |
| | A) | Coleman Hawkins |
| | B) | Louis Armstrong |
| | C) | Lester Young, whom she named "The Prez" |
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