Music 33 Test 4

In its early period jazz provided light entertainment or dance music. By fulfilling a social purpose outside of itself it could be best described as:

functional music

The word we use to describe the organization of a the musical pulse is:

meter

The accent of rhythms that ordinarily go unaccented in western classical music is called:

syncopation

The form, or shape, of a piece is determined by 3 principles:

repetition, contrast, and variation

The "prehistory of jazz" refers to the period just before:

the first jazz recording

Which early black leader foreshadowed M.L. King by writing in "The Souls of Black Folk (1903) ." . .by every civilized and peaceful method we must strive for the rights which the world accords to men"

W. E. B. DuBois

After the Civil War, around 1871, African American Spirituals first attracted national and international attention through the triumphant international tour of:

Fisk Jubilee Singers

This type of entertainment, developed in the 1840's, featured white performers in blackface satirically impersonating blacks, joking, singing, dancing, and playing various string and percussion instruments:

minstrelsy

The acclaimed African American composer of "Maple Leaf Rag" was:

Scott Joplin

Which of the following describes a key characteristic of the traditional music of West Africa:

Rhythmic sophistication

Country blues appears to have developed primarily on/in:

The Mississippi Delta

The New Orleans red-light district (prostitution) that provided work for many early jazz soloists and bands was called:

Storyville

According to legend, before the advent of recording, the "first" great New Orleans trumpet king and jazz band leader was:

Buddy Bolden

Which of the following is true of New Orleans "second line" funeral processions?

They featured lively, up tempo music, coming away from the burial site

This classic blues diva recorded the first blues recording in 1920:

Mamie Smith

The first jazz record was made by _______________, in ______________.

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band/1917

This former New Orleans native became famous through his nightly performances at Chicago's Lincoln Gardens Ballroom from 1922 - 1924

Joe (King) Oliver

Which of the following is a standard feature of early New Orleans style?

Collective Improvisation

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers was not a regular working band but existed solely to record Morton's published compositions: (T/F)

True

Louis Armstrong's reputation as a pivotal (central) figure in jazz history in large part on his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings between 1926-29 (T/F)

True

Prior to a tour of England in the early 1920's when he took up the soprano saxophone, Sidney Bechet's primary instrument was:

clarinet

On New Year's Eve 1913, Louis Armstrong's life changed dramatically when:

he was sentenced to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys

In 1924 Louis Armstrong married ________________________, who played an important role in convincing him to leave the shadow of Joe King Oliver and take a job with Fletcher Henderson in New York

Lil Hardin

Around 1926 in Chicago, Louis Armstrong performed nightly with Erskine Tate's Orchestra providing music for silent pictures at the _____________________.

Vendome Theater

This pianist, whose career began as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, played a style that was dubbed:

trumpet style piano

The period in American history referred to as "The Reconstruction Period" was America's first attempt at integration. It extended from:

1865-77

The first blues recording, performed by singer Mamie Smith and the Jazz Hounds in 1920, was entitled:

Crazy Blues

Which of these players were early drummers:

Zutty Singleton, Baby Dodds

The musician usually called "The Father of the Harlem Stride Style of piano playing" is:

James P Johnson

Which musician is associated with the city of New Orleans?

Jelly Roll Morton

The so-called "Austin High Gang" were high school musicians from which American city?

Chicago

The _______________________ was a far more commonly used woodwind instrument than the __________________ in early New Orleans jazz groups

clarinet/saxophone

Creoles of Color in New Orleans contributed _________________ to the development of early jazz

Classical music training

Before the 1880's Congo Square was a place where . . . .

slaves and later former slaves performed African influenced music and dance

The "Charleston" was a popular dance in the 1920s inspired by the music of:

James P Johnson

The world outside of New Orleans was introduced to "scat singing" in a 1926 recording by Louis Armstrong entitled:

Heebie Jeebies

This individual started as a young stride pianist from Washington D.C and has come to be known as the greatest composer in jazz history:

Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

This teenage tenor saxophonist from the Fletcher Henderson Band was profoundly affected by (and jealous of) the enthusiastic response of audiences to Louis Armstrong's hot solo style in the mid 1920's

Coleman Hawkins

In the 1920s most white Americans were unaware of black jazz musicians such as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong.

True

The Harlem Renaissance saw the rise of a young authors like Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Zora Neale Hurston.

True

Call and response is an often used technique in African and African American musical traditions?

True

Duke Ellington's principal collaborator in the 1920s was __________, who helped him compose such pieces as "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo," "Black and Tan Fantasy," and "Creole Love Call:

Bubber Miley

Tempo refers to the:

Speed of the pulse

In 1964, Louis Armstrong enjoyed his first number one hit. The name of that song was:

Hello Dolly

The woman who came to be known as the "Empress of the Blues" in the 1920s and 30s due to her successful recordings and film appearances was:

Bessie Smith

Bix Beiderbecke was an influential ________________________ who played briefly with bandleader Paul Whiteman before dying at the age age of 28.

trumpeter

One of the first important female jazz soloists played with Joe (King) Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in Chicago. Her name was:

Lil Hardin

The Plessy v Ferguson case resulted in a landmark Supreme Court Decision in 1896 that codified (made the law of the land):

Separate but Equal

The so-called "King of Ragtime" was:

Scott Joplin

The Harlem speakeasy that launched the career of Duke Ellington in 1927 was:

The Cotton Club

Who was John Hammond?

an influential critic, band manager, record producer, and talent scout

What were the three Ps of the Jimmy Lunceford band:

Presentation, Precision, Polish

A popular swing era dance invented by dancer Frank Manning and named after an historic event:

the Lindy Hop

The most popular Harlem dance hall during the swing era:

Savoy Ballroom

Territory bands were jazz or dance bands that:

Played in a limited geographic region

This individual is often regarded as one of greatest and most prolific American composers of jazz:

Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

The arranging practice of pitting one band section against another in alternating patterns is called

Antiphonal

Which of the following was NOT a typical feature of Kansas City style?

use of complex written arrangements

Count Basie made his national reputation as the result of radio broadcasts from which of the following 52nd Street New York nightclubs?

Famous Door

This bass player from the All American Rhythm Section hired Count Basie's during his early Kansas City days:

Walter Page

TRUE OR FALSE? By the early 1930s Duke Ellington had attained a level of celebrity that somewhat insulated him from prevailing racial stereotypes as evidenced by his first film appearance in "Check and Double Check."

True

One of Duke Ellington's most popular soloists, perhaps, was trumpeter __________.

Cootie Williams

This Ellington sideman came to be known as the father of the jazz bass solo:

Jimmy Blanton

The pianist and arranger who became Duke Ellington's writing partner and principal collaborator was:

Billy Strayhorn

Which of the following best describes The International Sweethearts of Rhythm?

An excellect all female band

White swing took root when white jazz players such as Benny Goodman from the __________ area began fillings spots in ___________ big bands.

Chicago/New York

The center for developments in small-group jazz during the Swing Era was _________ in New York.

52nd Street (Swing Street)

Which of the following applies to Coleman Hawkins's 1939 recording of "Body and Soul"?

The tenor saxophone builds in range and dynamics to a climax

How was Lester Young received in Fletcher Henderson's band when he arrived to replace Coleman Hawkins in the mid-1930s?

He was coached on Hawkin's style and sound in the hopes that he would adopt it

In 1933 John Hammond discovered this unique 18 year old singer from Baltimore, Maryland at Monette's Supper Club in Harlem:

Billie Holiday

This swing era singer was discovered at a talent contest at Harlem's Apollo Theater:

Ella Fitzgerald

Which of the following does NOT apply to the singing style of Billie Holiday?

Virtuoso scatting abilities

This 1938 recording made Ella Fitzgerald a national celebrity and fulfilled Chick Webb's dream of attaining name band status:

"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"

Black, Brown, and Beige, an extended "Suite" that premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1943, was a tone parallel (Program Music) to the history of African Americans was written by:

Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Woody Herman were primarily known as:

Clarinetists and bandleaders

The two most prominent alto saxophone players of the swing period were Johnny Hodges and _____________

Benny Carter

Coleman Hawkins' most famous recording was of the song:

Body and Soul

In 1935, Benny Goodman took the bold step of bringing a black musician into his previously all white small group when he hired pianist______________

Teddy Wilson

The jazz rhythm section consists of piano, guitar, ________, and ________

drums and bass

Lionel Hampton was a drummer for Louis Armstrong's band in the 30's but he became world famous as a performer on which instrument?

vibraphone

Harry Carney supplied the foundation for the Ellington ensemble sound with his masterful playing of the:

Baritone Saxophone

Freddie Green, a member of the All American Rhythm Section, played electric guitar without amplification or solo opportunities in the:

Count Basie Band

Louis Armstrong's piano playing recording partner in the late 20's went on to lead a popular big band in the 30's that launched the careers of Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan and others. His name was:

Earl (Fatha) Hines

A "head arrangement" is

An informal arrangement often worked out collectively in rehearsal or even during performance.

The Savoy Ballroom was an especially important location for dancing located in:

The Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, NY

In the 1930's, Kansas City's defiance of the 1920 federal "Prohibition" on alcohol, in addition to the laws against prostitution and gambling, created an "open" city which attracted musicians from all over the mid and south west.

True

Coleman Hawkins' main rival for tenor saxophone supremacy in the 1930's was:

Lester Young

The famous nick name given to Billie Holiday by her close friend Lester Young was:

Lady Day

Most observers would describe the tone color of Coleman Hawkins' tenor saxophone as:

darker than Lester Young's

This regal big band moved to New York in March, 1937, shed their royal title, and frequently played at a 52nd Street basement club called the Famous Door:

Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm

The Reno Club, a venue that often featured Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm, was a popular night spot in:

Kansas City, Mo.

One of the most popular songs of the Swing Era was performed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

It was called:

Sing, Sing, Sing

Freddie Green played guitar in the Count Basie's Band in a rhythm section that was called:

The All American Rhythm Section

Ella Fitzgerald set the standard for singers around world with her mastery of the art of:

Scat Singing

Kansas City Swing emphasized the use of up tempo blues, extended solos, syncopated call and response, and

Head Arrangements

Kansas City was the home base for many territory bands. Territory bands:

Toured in a limited geographic area

"Jack the Bear" was a composition and arrangement written by Duke Ellington to feature the extraordinary bass technique of:

Jimmy Blanton

Lester Young was well known for bestowing nicknames to his fellow musicians. Billie Holiday gave him this famous nickname:

Prez

The Big Band Era is synonymous with The Swing Era

True

The ___________________________ was rejuvenated after a wildly successful concert and album that took place at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1956.

Duke Ellington Band