MUS195 - Jazz Quiz

Who was Duke Ellington?

He was from DC, grew up in a rich family. He played the piano and led an orchestra. He was also a composer.

Field holler

Someone who led a song, plays a riff and respond. A call and response in slaves to communicate over distances, express emotions, provide personal encouragement while working.

Who was Louis Armstrong?

A famous cornet player from New Orleans. He travelled to Chicago to continue performing, but was chased out by Al Capone to NYC. He grew up in a poor family and went to Waif’s Home for Boys to learn how to properly play in a band.

Who was Howling Wolf, what contribution did he make to music?

Howling Wolf, also known as Chester Burnett. He was a guitarist, harmonica player from the Delta Mississippi. He then moved to Chicago and transformed the blues to electric blues with his booming voice.

Billie Holiday was what kind of vocalist?

She was a jazz vocalist in the 1930s-1940s. She died in the 50s when she was around 30 from alcohol and drug addiction.

Who is a bepop saxophonist?

Charlie Parker, bepop came after swing

Who was Theolonius Monk?

He was a jazz pianist. He was famous because his technique was unorthodox and different than traditional piano playing.

What was swing?

A movement in the 1930s-1940s, feel good dancing music and it was considered a movement, bepop was apart of this movement

Who was Buddy Bolden?

He was a cornet player, from New Orleans. He was said to fuse ragtime, blues, known for his loud and powerful cornet playing leading the parades. Cornet was popular because there was a lot of extra production

Who was Jelly Roll Morton?

Pianist, big on improv, was one of the first people to write music down. He claimed to have invented jazz and the piano. He was from New Orleans and of Lousiana Creole descent

The original jazz instruments

Guitar (banjo), tuba, clarinet, piano, trumpet, hand drums

Blues music was first…

acoustic

Who was Robert Johson?

He sold his soul to the devil, he was a bad guitarist, went to a crossroads and came back from the crossroads a better guitarist

Where is the Mississippi Delta?

Between Arkansas and Mississippi, produced the music the Delta Blues

Where did jazz originate from?

New Orleans

12 bar blues

4/4 time, 1 chord for each bar (1,4,1,1,4,4,1,1,1,5,1,1)

Who was the Father of Blues?

WC Handy

Who was the famous Empress of the Blues?

Bessie Smith

Who was Louis Armstrong’s inspiration?

Louis Armstrong, from Storyville, inspired from King Oliver

When was chain gangs and field music?

Late 1800s, early 1900s