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The bassist plucks a string once per beat in a timekeeping style called ________.
Walking Bass
What is the most common arrangement of the sections in a 32-bar chorus (sometimes called American Song Form, or American Popular-Song Form)?
AABA
Some common definitions for jazz include:
Music that is associated with the jazz tradition
Music that conveys jazz swing feeling
Music that is improvised
Who is the leading composer of ragtime music?
Scott Joplin
Which of the following was NOT an essential trend that caused the birth of Jazz?
A. the practice of taking liberties with the melodies and accompaniments of tunes as they were being performed
B. the evolution of the saxophone as an important band instrument
C. Taking liberties with tone qualities
D. African Americans creating new kinds of music such as ragtime and the blues
B.
Call and Response is primarily associated with which type of pre-jazz American musical form?
Work Songs
Gospel music
The stride piano style primarily evolved form _______.
Ragtime
Jelly Roll Morton is historically notable b/c ____.
he introduced arranging practices in his small-group performances that came to be imitated during early stages in the history of big bands
Louis Armstrong was one of the first great soloists in jazz history, and partly b/c of him, post-Armstrong styles stressed ______.
solo improvisation
New Orleans clarinetist and soprano saxophonist _____ was, along with Louis Armstrong, one of the first great soloists.
Sidney Bechet
Bix Beiderbecke was a very important white _______ and composer from Iowa.
Trumpeter
Which unrecorded artist is considered the earliest jazz musician?
Buddy Bolden
Why did many early jazz musicians from New Orleans move to Chicago?
to leave South to escape Jim Crow Laws
Who is considered the father of stride piano?
James P. Johnson
The first jazz group to record is called _____.
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
The first black jazz group to record is called ______.
Jelly Roll and Red Hot Peppers
What vocal style of singing did Louis Armstrong innovate?
Scat
From which city did the Austin High Gang originate?
Chicago
Earl Hines developed the boogie woogie keyboard style. True or False?
True
False
False
Who are 2 New Orleans early jazz cornet/trumpet players with the nickname "King"?
Joe "King" Oliver
Freddie "King" Keppard
What are the general dates for the early jazz period?
1915-1930
What are the 3 early styles of blues music we covered in class? Can you name musicians from those genres?
Delta=Robert Johnson
Country=Ledbelly
Classic=Bessie Smith
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Jazz Final Q1
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Jazz Final
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12/7/2011, 9:53:17 PM
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