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History of Jazz (Swing Quiz)

History of Jazz (Swing Quiz)

Question 1 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 35

1

What was the preferred instrumentation for swing music?

Select one of the following:

  • Combo

  • Big Bands

  • Soloists

Explanation

Question 3 of 35

1

Banjos, guitars, and flutes were common in swing?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 35

1

Bass appeared more often in swing?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 35

1

High-hat cymbals WERE NOT used more in swing?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 35

1

Collective improvisation was ________ in swing.

Select one of the following:

  • common

  • included

  • rare

Explanation

Question 7 of 35

1

Swing music (rhythmic) feeling was smoother?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 35

1

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

Select one or more of the following:

  • speed

  • agility

  • tone control

  • playing in tune

  • All of above

Explanation

Question 9 of 35

1

How many musicians would a big bang include?

Select one of the following:

  • 5

  • 8

  • 11

  • 10 or >

Explanation

Question 10 of 35

1

Are saxophones strictly brass instruments?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 35

1

Sax section was often called the "________".

Select one of the following:

  • woodwinds

  • rythm

  • reed section

Explanation

Question 12 of 35

1

The alto and tenor saxophones were rarely used saxes.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 35

1

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

Select one or more of the following:

  • 2 to 5
    1 to 5

  • 3 to 7
    1 to 4

Explanation

Question 15 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 35

1

What was the general setup of a big band performance?

Select one of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 17 of 35

1

Did rhythm section contain banjo, cello, and piano?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 35

1

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.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 35

1

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).

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 35

1

What are some facts about Roy Eldridge?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 22 of 35

1

What are some facts about Coleman Hawkins?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 23 of 35

1

What are some facts about Count Basie?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 24 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 35

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 35

1

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.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 35

1

What are some facts about Lester Young?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 30 of 35

1

What are some facts about Billie Holiday?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 31 of 35

1

What are some facts about Ella Fitzgerald?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 32 of 35

1

What are some facts about Art Tatum?

Select one of the following:

  • 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!

Explanation

Question 33 of 35

1

What are some facts about Benny Goodman?

Select one of the following:

  • Did not die young

  • Bandleader

  • Clarinet player

  • All of the above!

Explanation

Question 34 of 35

1

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"

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 35 of 35

1

What was important for big bands?

Select one of the following:

  • Provide dance music.

  • Elabrate costumes

  • Showy staging

  • Having several singers

  • All of the above!

Explanation

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