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| What city is the birthplace of Jazz? |
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| Where were slaves allowed to congregate and perform their traditional dances from their African homelands during most of the 19th century? |
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| Congo Square in New Orleans, LA |
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| Generic term for French/Spainish speaking non-white people born in the Western Hemisphere |
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| True or False: More African slaves were brought to America than in Brazil, South America, or the Carribean. |
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| True or False: Because of manumission, by 1800, the number of free blacks outnumbered the number of slaves in the American Hemisphere. |
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| A good Hot Jazz or Dixieland musician made a living from what kinds of public entertainment forums? |
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| Funeral marches, City festivals, Church Weddings, Night Clubs, etc. (All of the above) |
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| The St. Louis style of ragtime that took America by storm at the turn of the century was led by what two black publisher/songwriters? |
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| Scott Joplin and W.C Handy |
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| The gambling and prostitution district of New Orleans |
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| What instrument began to replace the tuba when Jazz moved indoors, especially in Chicago? |
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| What instrument began to replace the Banjo when Jazz moved indoors, especially in Chicago? |
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| What did white musicians call their New Orleans styled Jazz Music? |
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| Who was the first significant composer of jazz, a famous Storyville artist and Creole pianist? |
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| Who was the first significant Jazz soloist, and the first international Jazz star, possibly the most important Jazz musician of all time? |
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| The Original New Orleans Jazz sound of collective improvisation began to change when Jazz moved to Chicago, how? |
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| Individual solos became the primary focus of the jazz experience for the musician and the listener |
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| New York's James P Johnson created a new swinging style of ragtime, What is the piano style called? |
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| True or False: The East Coast produced the major stride piano stars. |
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| Who was the first significant and universally respected white musician often compared to Louis Armstrong in Chicago? |
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| In what Jazz style era did a band need a musical arranger and jazz musicians had to be able to read music? |
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| What is the standard instrumentationj of the Jazz Orchestra? |
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| 5 Saxaphones, 4 Trombones, 4 Trumpets, + Rhythm Section |
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| What superb Harlem Rennaisance bandleader made jazz arranging and composition into a fine art? |
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| What Kansas City Swing bamd was known for its strong anchoring in the blues and often played their parts from memory instead of charts? |
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| The Count Basie Orchestra |
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| The Big Band era marked the 15 year period when popular hits were in the jazz/big band idiom. When did it become a big hit with the Count Bassie Orchestra? |
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| Which of the Jazz styles featured large groups? |
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| What jazz artist introduced electric guitars with horn like single line solos with Benny Goodman's Orchestra? |
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| What A&R man discovered Billie Holliday, convincing Count Bassie to take her on the road? |
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| Which of the following stars are not considered Jazz singers, though they sang with jazz styled orchestras and borrowed jazz phrasing |
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| Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra |
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| Bebop was born and lived in what city, in clubs like Minton's playhouse and birdland? |
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| What was Dizzy Gilespie's instrument of expertise? |
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| What was Charlie "Bird" Parker's instrument of expertise? |
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| What was Thelonious Monk's instrument of expertise? |
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| What was Miles Davis' instrument of expertise? |
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| Which band leader fused Latin Arrangements with bebop in his jazz band, which included percussionist Chano Pozo? |
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| What artist/band leader composer first successfully brought the modal approach to Jazz? |
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| What saxaphonist is best known as an innovator of the West Coast/ Cool sound, along with pianist Lennie Tristano? |
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| What West Coast pianist/combo leader became the most popular jazz group of the 1950's, playing tunes in odd time signitures? |
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| Though Miles Davis went on Hard Bop, his 1949 recording with 9 players inspired the Cool Jazz era. What was the name of this album? |
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| Jaoa Gilberto commonly recorded the music of what Brazillian songwriter, leading the Bossa Nova style to popularity in the 1960's? |
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| What saxophonist/composer is credited with the first Free Jazz LP in 1960? |
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| How is Free Jazz different from other styles? |
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| Soloists were no longer tied to the chords and meter of the tune |
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| What Saxaphonist pushed the art of improvisation to new standards with the Giant Steps and Avant-Garde Lp's? |
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| What do John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Connonball Aderly, Tony Williams, Sam Rivers, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, and Keith Jarrett have in common? |
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| They All Played with Miles Davis |
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| What modern saxaphonist/composer toured with Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, and Dizzie Gilespe, managed a loft session hall and studio in New York, and recently moved to Florida? |
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| What modern New York saxaphonist is well known outside of jazz for his 20th century classical compositions, his punk hardcore, and modern funk/rock compositions? |
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| Who brilliantly utilized special effects like fog, colored lights and wild cosumes, bringing the audience into the performance by immensing them with sound and light from other planets? |
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| Which Jazz style featured large groups? |
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| List the Jazz styles in chronological order. |
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| Hot, Chicago, Stride, Swing, Bebop, Cool, Free, Fusion |
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| What british Jazz guitarist contributed his playing to Bitches Brew , later being renamed to Mahavishnu? |
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| What star bass player joined Weather Report with a new melodic funk virtuosity? |
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| What artist has attempted to bring attention to non Fusion and older styles of Jazz musicians through his own playing? |
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