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Jazz Quiz review

Review your Jazz facts!

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Define Scat SingingImprovisation with your voice
What instrument did Louie Armstrong play?Trumpet and voice
What club did Duke Ellington's band play at?Cotton Club
How long did Swing music last for?10 years
What instrument did Charlie Parker play?Saxophone
Define improvisationMaking something up as you go along
When was the first jazz recording?1917
Louis Armstrong was known for doing what to scat singing?Popularizing it
What instrument did Duke Ellington play?Piano
Who was the King of Swing?Benny Goodman
What instrument did Benny Goodman play?Clarinet
What instrument did Dizzy Gillespie play?Trumpet
Where are the roots of Jazz?Africa
Why did their need to be an arranger for jazz band music?Because the bands were getting larger
Louis is the father of what kind of solo?The organized solo
What is an organized solo?An improvised solo that sounds like it was written down
Duke was known for being what two things?A composer and a bandleader
What did Duke mean when he said he wrote music for the people, not his people?He wrote music for everyone to enjoy
Why was Jungle Music a bad label?Because the jungle brings to mind wild and unsophisticated
Who was the largest audience for Swing Music?Teenagers
What are the four parts of a Swing Band?Rhythm section, solosit, saxophones and brass section
How many people are roughly in a swing band?10-15
What instrument did Thelonis Monk play?Piano


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