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History of Jazz (Swing Quiz)

Frage 1 von 35

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Was Swing (or "big band era") the most popular style in jazz history?

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 2 von 35

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What was the preferred instrumentation for swing music?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Combo

  • Big Bands

  • Soloists

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Frage 3 von 35

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Banjos, guitars, and flutes were common in swing?

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 4 von 35

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Bass appeared more often in swing?

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 5 von 35

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High-hat cymbals WERE NOT used more in swing?

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 6 von 35

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Collective improvisation was ________ in swing.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • common

  • included

  • rare

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Frage 7 von 35

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Swing music (rhythmic) feeling was smoother?

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 8 von 35

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Swing musicians showed a higher level of instrumental proficiency in terms of _______.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • speed

  • agility

  • tone control

  • playing in tune

  • All of above

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Frage 9 von 35

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How many musicians would a big bang include?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 5

  • 8

  • 11

  • 10 or >

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Frage 10 von 35

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Are saxophones strictly brass instruments?

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 11 von 35

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Sax section was often called the "________".

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • woodwinds

  • rythm

  • reed section

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Frage 12 von 35

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The alto and tenor saxophones were rarely used saxes.

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 13 von 35

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Saxophonists usually stick with one instrument throughout a big band performance.

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 14 von 35

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Size of trumpet section varied from _____ to _____ players.
Trombone section ranged from _____ to ____ players.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • 2 to 5
    1 to 5

  • 3 to 7
    1 to 4

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Frage 15 von 35

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Big bands relied on written arrangements; it was not necessary for combo groups.

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 16 von 35

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What was the general setup of a big band performance?

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  • Melodies played by the entire band in unison or harmony, then jazz improv with both rhythm section and finally riffs.

  • Jazz improv with both rhythm section, riffs, and finally melodies.

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Frage 17 von 35

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Did rhythm section contain banjo, cello, and piano?

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 18 von 35

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Although pianist in rhythm section played melodies ... not just chords and embellishments ... and played in stride style ... COMPING was not the COMMON accompaniment style during the SWING ERA.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 19 von 35

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Guitar and bass were usually assigned timekeeping.
Guitarist strummed one chord on each beat (rhythm guitar style).
Bassist played a note on the first and third of every four beats (two-beat style) or every beat (walking style).

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 20 von 35

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band drummers tended not to play new or provacative rhythms that ran counter to the horn lines.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 21 von 35

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What are some facts about Roy Eldridge?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Did not die young

  • He was a trumpeter

  • Advanced improvisers of the swing era, linked between swing and modern jazz.

  • Style of playing was fiery and aggressive.

  • Demonstrated that long, sinewy lines were possible on trumpet. These, though easy to execute on saxophone, do not lend themselves to the mechanics of the trumpet.

  • All of the above!

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Frage 22 von 35

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What are some facts about Coleman Hawkins?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Did not die young.

  • Being a jazz tenor saxophonist.

  • He made the saxophone famous(brand), being the most popular instruments in jazz.

  • He is a harmonic improviser rather than a melodic improviser.

  • All of the above!

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Frage 23 von 35

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What are some facts about Count Basie?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Did not die young.

  • Long time Band Leader (1937-unitl death)

  • Stride style pianist

  • He led the first rhythm section in jazz history

  • Rhythm swung smooth and relaxed way.

  • All of the above!

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Frage 24 von 35

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Count Basie Rhythm included:
Basie (Himself, Pianist)
Freddie Green (Rhythm guitar)
Walter Page (string bass)
Jo Jones (drums)

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 25 von 35

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Comping is playing piano by accompanying chords as accents behind the soloist.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 26 von 35

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Was Count Basie and Lester Young famous for Kansas City Style?

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 27 von 35

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Kansas City Style arrangements were based on short musical riffs that were repeated again and again.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 28 von 35

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Head Arrangements are spontaneously created riffs during a performance, learned by ear, and kept in the heads of players. This is basics of Kansas City riff band Style.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 29 von 35

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What are some facts about Lester Young?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Did not die young

  • Tenor Saxophone player

  • NN was "Pres or Prez"

  • Style of playing can be modeled as being modern jazz or cool jazz.

  • Trumpeters and guitarists were inspired by the way he improv.

  • One of the five most influential saxophone players in jazz history.

  • Young offered a clear alternative to the heavy tone, fast vibrato, and complicated style of Coleman Hawkins.

  • All of the above!

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Frage 30 von 35

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What are some facts about Billie Holiday?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Died Early @ 44 yrs. old

  • NN was "Lady Day"

  • Not really a blues singer----more on pop and show tunes.

  • Has toured with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Count Basie.

  • All of the above!

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Frage 31 von 35

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What are some facts about Ella Fitzgerald?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Did not die young

  • Most outstanding nonoperatic singer of the 20th century.

  • Master of swing eighth notes and perfect timing of syncopation gave her singing rhythmic effect---hornmen.

  • Her first number one single was "A-Tisket-A-Tasket" with the Chick Webb Band.

  • Her tone spanned the unusually wide range of 3 and a half octaves.

  • Not melodramatic when it comes to her singing, she's cheerful.

  • Scat Singer.

  • She was able to imitate instrument tunes using her voice.

  • All of the above!

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Frage 32 von 35

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What are some facts about Art Tatum?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Died early, at 46 yrs. old

  • Pianist

  • Stride style

  • Master at spontaneously adding and changing chords during his performance of pop tunes (this is called Substitution).

  • All of the above!

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Frage 33 von 35

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What are some facts about Benny Goodman?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Did not die young

  • Bandleader

  • Clarinet player

  • All of the above!

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Frage 34 von 35

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Are all these true about Duke Ellington?

Did not die young
Bandleader, pianist, and composer
Ellington's group was the most stable and longest-lived big band in jazz history.
Single most creative and prolific composer arranger in jazz history.
Wrote more than 2000 compositions and many arrangements and rearrangements. Had recordd more than any other group.
Piano tunes were stride style
Wrote 100s of instrumentals. Some of them paint musical portraits of famous personalities. Others paint musical pictures of places.
Widely acclaimed for having taken jazz into the format of "extended works"
"voicing across sections of the band"
"voicing across sections of the band"

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 35 von 35

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What was important for big bands?

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  • Provide dance music.

  • Elabrate costumes

  • Showy staging

  • Having several singers

  • All of the above!

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