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12-bar blues
“Lost Your Head Blues'“ form
12-bar blues
“Dippermouth Blues” form
32-bar form
“Hotter Than That” form
Don Redman
Fletcher Henderson arranger (also played clarinet in “The Stampede”)
11
size of Fletcher Henderson’s ensemble
piano, tuba, banjo, drums
instruments in Fletcher Henderson’s rhythm section
piano, string bass, drum set, guitar
instruments in Count Basie’s rhythm section
Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington’s arranger
“Creole Love Call”
which song does Duke Ellington use wordless voice
Robert Johnson
who grew famous from sudden improvement in guitar after 6 months absence
W. C. Handy
who published sheet music of blues tunes
Janis Joplin
who paid for Bessie Smith’s headstone with engraving “The greatest blues singer in the world will never stop singing”
5
how many double-album sets of Bessie Smith performance records did Columbia Records release
2 mil
how many Bessie Smith records sold in 10 months
Sidney Story
who created legislation limiting prostitution to Storyville
Canal Street
Storyville street name
“Livery Stable Blues”
1st jazz recording (by Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
Newton W. Baker
who closed Storyville
“King”
nickname given to lead cornet player in New Orleans combos
4 hrs
length of bus ride to Richmond, Indiana for Gennett studio recording
“Satchmo”
Armstrong’s nickname
Jones’ Music Store
what music store did Lil Hardin work at as a song plugger
$75/week
how much did Dreamland Club offer Armstrong to lead new band
$50
how much did Okeh Records pay per player in recording session
“Heebie Jeebies”
popular song by Hot Five that introduced scatting to listeners
6
how many songs did Hot Five record in Dec 1927
“I Got Rhythm”
what song did Gershwin write for Broadway show Girl Crazy
“Tiger Rag”
what changes used in “Hotter Than That” by Original Dixieland Jazz Band
11
how many syncopated high “C”s did Armstrong play over full band collective improv
Krin Gabbard
author of book Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture
2,000
how many pieces did Duke Ellington compose
Juan Tizol
who did Ellington found “Latin jazz” with
Columbia University
where was Fletcher Henderson getting master’s degree in chemistry
vamp
short, repeated motif that can be repeated until performer ready
“Give My Regards to Broadway”
Little Johnny Jones song that showed dream of Broadway success
musical comedy
Shuffle Along genre
musical comedy
Runnin’ Wild genre
musical comedy
No, No, Nanette genre
Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles
who created book for Shuffle Along
Eubie Blake
composer for Shuffle Along
Noble Sissle
lyricist for Shuffle Along
504
# of performances of Shuffle Along
11
Shuffle Along had the __ longest performances
2 yrs
how long did Shuffle Along tour for
“I’m Just Wild About Harry”
Shuffle Along song that Harry S. Truman used for campaign song
Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Broadway show about creation of Shuffle Along
George White
who asked Miller and Lyles to write another book in Jimtown
“Jazz Your Troubles Away”
closing number of Runnin’ Wild
213
number of performances of Runnin’ Wild
James P. Johnson
composer for Runnin’ Wild
Cecil Mack
lyricist for Shuffle Along
NY jazz pianist
original job of James P. Johnson
Elizabeth Welsh
who performed “Charleston”
George White Scandals
George White’s own revue that he wanted to use “Charleston” in, say dislike
32 bar structure with A-B-A’-C show-tune form
“Charleston” form
15/32
how many bars “Charleston rhythm” in
F-F#-G
rising chromatic sequence in A section of “Charleston”
dominant 7th chord, cymbal crash
what does “Charleston” end with
Oh James!
novel property of No, No, Nanette by May Edgington
My Lady Friends
play property of No, No, Nanette by Frank Mandel and Emil Nyitray based on Oh James!
Harry Frazee
producer of No, No, Nanette, later took over as director
$9,000 or $10,000
how much Youman’s mother invested to back show
1/2
Youman pay mother __ of royalties
Frank Mandel and Otto Harbach
who created book for No, No, Nanette
“Tea for Two” and “I Want to Be Happy”
songs Youmans and Caesar added to No, No, Nanette after lukewarm response in first 2 stops
#5
placement of first recording of “Tea for Two” by jazz orchestra on Billboard charts for 5 weeks
#1
placement of recording of “Tea for Two” by Marion Harris on Billboard charts for 11 weeks
“Tahiti Trot”
name of “Tea for Two” in Soviet Union
Boris Fomin
who created operetta in Soviet Union based on “Tea for Two”
Nikolai Malko
Shostakovich’s teacher
Maurice Ravel
who remarked that “Tea for Two” harmonies were “quite Ravelian”
Art Tatum
name of jazz pianist whose recording of “Tea for Two” is in Grammy Hall of Fame
#18
placement of Art Tatum’s recording on 1939 Billboard
“Skippy”
Thelonious Monk’s version of “Tea for Two” with bebop style of jazz
Anita O’Day
singer whose version of “Tea for Two” in Newport Jazz Festival
13
Youman retired after __yrs due to tuberculosis
A-B-A-C show-tune form
form of “Tea for Two”
6x
how many times ostinato repeated in A and B phrases of “Tea for Two”
C-E-G
chromatic mediant in B phrase of “Tea for Two”
oo / ee
rhymes in “Tea for Two”
Jerome Kern
composer that integrated songs into storylines
Oscar Hammerstein II
lyricist that integrated songs into storylines
Rose-Marie
play Oscar Hammerstein II wrote with note “musical numbers are such an integral part of action”
Edna Ferber’s novel
property of Show Boat
“Ol’ Man River”
what song did Kern sing to convince Edna Ferber that her story will not be made trivial
572
how many performances of Show Boat
“Tempo di Blues”
original name of “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”
Helen Morgan
who played Julie in musical
A-B-A-C-A rondo form
“Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” form
perfect 4th
“to-swim” leap
28th Street
Tin Pan Alley street in NY
Remick
which store employed Vincent Youmans and George Gershwin as song-pluggers
Lil Hardin, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, Jerome Kern
song-pluggers
violin performer in vaudeville
what Ben Bernie did before conducting
heard Paul Whiteman’s ensemble
why Ben Bernie switched to conducting
13
number of members in Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
Maceo Pinkard
composer of “Sweet Georgia Brown”
Maceo Pinkard
who wrote book for Liza
Kenneth Casey
lyricist for “Sweet Georgia Brown”
theatrical agent
original job for Maceo Pinkard