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What is the recommended approach for a new jazz listener when first experiencing a jazz performance?

Listen to the performance and the relaxed way multiple times

What is one of the foundational elements of jazz that a listener should pay attention to?

Bass part

What should a more experienced listener practice when listening to jazz?

Hearing improvised lines of jazz soloist as melodies

As a new listener to jazz you should hum the original tune melody while listening to jazz soloists improvisions

False

For advanced listeners, what is the suggested practice activity when listening to a jazz soloists improvisations?

Try to listen to every note in a soloist improvisations

In jazz, what is the istener encouraged to pick out after focusing on the bass part?

Cymbal in the drum set

The next step after identifying the cymbals in the drum set while listening to jazz is to analyze the lyrics

False

In Jazz, what does "determine the form" refer to?

Understand the structure and organization of the composition

For advanced listeners the first clue about a song's structure (form) is to listen for when the melody starts and stops

True

What instrument in the rhythm section is traditionally the easiest to follow when first starting out listening to Jazz?

Bass

What is Jazz?

A style of music born in New Orleans

In which decade was jazz fully formed and recorded in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago?

1920s

What are the two elements that most Jazz styles have in common?

Swing Feel and Melody

Which region is associated with the Delta style of blues, the earliest form of blues?

Mississippi Delta

How many beats are there in a bar in the typical 12 bar blues song?

4

What is a Jam Session?

a musical performance where musicians improvise together

In a 12 bar blues song, what are the three important chords?

I, IV, V

How is improvisation defined in jazz?

Inventing music while playing or speaking, without planning in advance

Which of the following is NOT one of the three styles that makeup the foundation of early jazz forms?

Rock

How is melody defined in jazz?

A sweet or agreeable arrangement of sounds

What were the primary components of an early Jazz combo's usual instrumentation?

Trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano, or tuba, drums, and banjo (or guitar)

In the 1930s, which of the following was NOT an emerging difference in Jazz music compared to its predecessors?

Music started to become simpler harmonically

Strict adherence to sheet music characterized the early jazz recordings that started in the 1920s and featured New Orleans musicians

false

Which Jazz group was the first to make a recording in 1917?

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Why did early Jazz recordings appeal to many listeners?

Collective improvisation

Which of the following musicians was known for moving away from collective improvisation in favor of a style featuring more improvised solos?

Chicago Musicians

What marked a significant shift in the rhythmic feel of Jazz during the 1930s?

Looser and swing feeling

Which of the following is a Predecessor of Jazz

Ragtime

Who is considered one of the early stars of Jazz and was known for his work with the Red Hot Peppers?

Jelly Roll Morton

Which city played a significant role in the development of Jazz with musicians like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and King Oliver making significant contributions?

New Orleans

Who led one of the most stable big bands in jazz history and chose players with very distinctive styles for his band?

None of these

Which Duke Ellington composition is famous for its swinging melody?

Cottontail

Cootie Williams came out of Duke Ellington's band and is renowned for his saxophone playing full of scoops and note bends

False

Who was a pianist with a light and precise touch, known for a sparse solo style, and had a template accompaniment style for other pianists?

Count Basie

Count Basie's big band arrangements were characterized by which Jazz style?

Swing

Which of the following songs is popularly associated with the Benny Goodman Big band?

Sing, Sing, Sing

Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins are noted instrumentalists who came out of the Count Basie Big Band

True

Who was a Fats Waller derived pianist with a good sense of tempo and a template for pianist comping styles?

none of these

The Jimmie Lunceford big band is associated with the Kansas City style and known for its simple, riff based arrangements

False

Duke Ellington was one of the most prolific arrangers and composers of the 20th century. Which of the following songs is NOT attributed to him?

One O' Clock Jump

When did Bebop emerge as a style of Jazz?

1940s

Who were the originators of the Bebop style?

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk

Which recordings bridged Swing to Bebop, featuring Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge?

Body and Soul and After You've Gone

In Bebop, what type of instrumentation is favored?

Small combo instrumentation

Thelonious Monk's characteristic improvisational style can be described as

Unorthodox and harmonic clashes

Which of the following is a Predecessor of Jazz

Ragtime

How did the tempos of Bebop differ from early jazz styles?

They became faster

Which are some stylistic elements of Bebop?

Syncopation, complex harmonies, and double time figures

Which of the following is a nickname for Charlie Parker?

Bird

Which Dizzy Gillespie composition became a standard in Jazz?

A Night in Tunisia

Who are the originators of Cool Jazz?

Lennie Tristano and Lee Jonitz

West Coast Jazz is sometimes used interchangeably with Cool Jazz

True

Who is considered the father of cool style for big bands?

Claude Thornhill

What is a notable characteristic of cool jazz regarding tone qualities?

Light and dry

Cool Jazz is described as more relaxed and melodic that which other jazz style?

Bebop

Who wrote for the big bands of Stan Kenton and Claude Thornhill and contributed to the Miles Davis nonet recording session of Birth of the Cool

Gerry Mulligan

Lee Konitz primarily played the tenor saxophone

False

Lennie Tristano achieved great international acclaim as a bandleader and composer in the 1950s and 60s and had an improvisational style akin to JS Bach?

False

Who among the following did NOT influence cool jazz?

Dexter Gordon

Which trombonist is described as having an approach to the instrument that epitomizes the cool jazz style?

Bob Brookmeyer

Who is considered one of the early stars of Jazz and was known for his work with the Red Hot Peppers?

Jelly Roll Morton

Which of the following is a Predecessor of Jazz

Ragtime

Who is considered one of the early stars of Jazz and was known for his work with the Red Hot Peppers?

Jelly Roll Morton

Which of the following is a Predecessor of Jazz

Ragtime

What shift occured regarding Bebops role in music, compared to Swing?

It became more listener oriented