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Which jazz form eliminated the piano from the ensemble?
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Avant Garde
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Who created the album that gave birth to the avant garde style? What was the name of the album?
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Ornette Coleman; "Free Jazz"
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Which musician used the alto sax to emulate the human voice?
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Ornette Coleman
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Which avant garde musician incorporated the style into classical music?
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Cecile Taylor
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What was the name of the club that became the center of the avant garde style? Where was it located?
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The Five Spot; New York City
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What city was the 2nd major location for avant garde jazz?
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Chicago
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Who was one of the first purveyors of electric piano in jazz?
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Sun Ra
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Which musician connected his music w/ his religious beliefs and spiritual quest?
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John Coltrane
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In which period was John Coltrane described as a hard bop player?
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1st period
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"A Love Supreme" was created during which of Coltrane's periods?
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2nd period
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1 of the few women to participate in avant garde jazz was ___?
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Alice Coltrane
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The AACM was the center of what jazz type scene?
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Avant garde in Chicago
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The Black Artists Group and World Saxophone Quartet are related how?
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Both inspired by the AACM
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Which type of jazz involved more direct communication between musicians and audiences?
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Soul/funky jazz
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The term "soul jazz" was first termed when promoting what artist or ensemble?
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Cannonball Adderley Quintet
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The electric organ became popular in what style of jazz?
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Funky/soul jazz
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In funky/soul jazz, organists helped highlight what other type of musician?
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Guitarists
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Which musician wrote jazz for use in churches and co-led the Improv Jazz Workshop?
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Ed Summerlin
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Which musician redefined music of the Catholic church?
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Mary Lou Williams
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Which mass was commissioned by the Vatican?
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"Mass for Justice and Peace"
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Who wrote a religious composition in honor of a black saint?
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Mary Lou Williams
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Which musician composed sacred concerts?
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Duke Ellington
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Which musician drew heavily on the Hindu faith?
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Alice Coltrane
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Alice Coltrane established what instrument as a jazz instrument?
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The harp
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Which pianist associated w/ Miles Davis in the 60s redefined post-bop piano?
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Bill Evans
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This musician freed pianists from accompanying patterns of hard bop.
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Herbie Hancock
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Which musician cultivated legato?
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Keith Jarrett
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Which style of jazz used feedback?
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Jazz fusion
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Electric instruments and electronic effects became the norm in which style of jazz?
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Jazz fusion
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Which musician first experimented w/ jazz fusion?
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Miles Davis
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The two albums credited w/ introducing jazz fusion are ?
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"Silent Way", "Bitches Brew"
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Which 1st wave of popular jazz groups was inspired by Count Basie?
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Weather Report
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The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a popular group in what style of jazz?
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Jazz-rock fusion
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Name the 2 negative trends that affected jazz fusion.
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1) Flashy but empty technique
2) Commercialization |
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The nickname for the generation of musicians during the 80s that helped redefine jazz from that point on is what?
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Young lions
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What was the significance of the jazz repertory movement?
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It was devoted to the re-creation and performance of the works of historically significant jazz artists
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What orchestra is associated w/ the National Museum of American History?
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Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra
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Which musician was the 1st to win a Grammy in both the classical and jazz categories?
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Wynton Marsalis
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Which substyle of jazz was controversial b/c of its focus on accessible sound?
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Smooth jazz
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Buckshot Lefunque was the 1st significant jazz group to embrace what style of jazz?
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Acid jazz
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The "young lions" were important in re-popularizing what type of jazz?
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Post-bop styles of the 50s and 60s
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The reissue of complete works of older jazz musicians on CD contributed to what?
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jazz renaissance
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Musicians were criticized for selling out for what style of jazz?
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Jazz fusion
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Return to Forever was a popular group of what style of jazz?
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Jazz fusion
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"Doobop" was a fusion of ___.
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Jazz and early 90s hip hop
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The synthesizer was added to what style of jazz?
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Jazz fusion
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This member of Davis' quintet placed more emphasis on developing moods than conventional jazz swing feeling.
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Herbie Hancock
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This musician wrote jazz waltzes.
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Bill Evans
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This musician premiered at St. John the Divine Church.
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Duke Ellington
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John Coltrane's "Love Supreme" is an example of what style of jazz?
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Spirituality and jazz
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The musician Zawinul was one of the 1st to use what instrument?
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Electric piano
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The album "Ascension" is an example of what style of jazz? Who is responsible for it?
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Free jazz; John Coltrane
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This musician popularized the soprano sax
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John Coltrane
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"My Favorite Things" was composed during Coltrane's ___ period.
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2nd
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What style of jazz includes the following characteristics: no steady meter, no predetermined harmonic structure, freer formal structures.
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Avant garde
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This style of jazz was controversial b/c it was thought to have rejected aspects of traditional jazz.
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Avant garde
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What did populists believe about jazz?
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Musicians should create music that appeals to the masses
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What did modernists believe about jazz?
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Jazz should be in a continuous state of development regardless of commercial appeal.
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Which of the following Miles Davis albums wasn't a collaborative effort w/ Gil Evans?
a. Porgy and Bess b. Sketches of Spain c. Miles Ahead d. Milestones |
d. Milestons
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What west coast musician formed a pianoless band that was inspired by the "Birth of Cool" nonet? He spent 4 months in prison on drug-related charges.
a. Charlie Parker b. Chet Baker c. Bud Powell d. John Lewis |
b. Chet Baker
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What group was known as one of the leading exponents of cool jazz and started their careers playing bebop w/ Dizzy Gillespie?
a. Clifford Brown/Max Roach b. Jazz Messengers c. Modern jazz Quartet d. Lamber, Hendricks, Ross |
c. Modern Jazz Quartet
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which of the following vocalists is credited w/ extending musical definitions of scat?
a. ella fitzgerald b. sara vaughan c. anne ross d. frank sinatra |
a. ella fitzgerald
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which of the following is not true about bebop musical style?
a. musicians favored small group format over big bands b. dancing was deemphasized and place a focus on listening c. improv and solo playing were emphasized d. it served as an intro to the use of 12-tone compositions in jazz |
d. served as intro...
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which of the following is not considered on the "forefathers" of bebop?
a. max roach b. charlie parker c. miles davis d. kenny clarke |
c. miles davis
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which of the following was not one of the reasons for the demise of swing?
a. emergence of the electric guitar and its popularity in blues traditions b. rationing of gas, rubber, shellac, highway travel c. taxes on cabarets and ballrooms to fund the war effort d. growing lack of interest among musicians who felt that the music was stifling and non-innovative |
a. emergence of...
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which nightclub was the site for jam sessions during the early 40s that lead to the development of bebop?
a. the haig b. the lighthouse c. gils place d. monroe's uptown house |
d. monroes
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which style of jazz was defined by its use of slow harmonic rhythm, pedal points, and absence of functional harmonic relationships or chord progressions?
a. hard bop b. cool jazz c. modal d. bebop |
c. modal
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what composer/musician/bassist derived his band from a workshop he founded in the 50s?
a. art blakey b. charles mingus c. miles davis d. thelonius monk |
b. mingus
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what style of jazz is defined by its blend of elements of jazz and western classical concert tradition? examples are dave brubeck's "blue a la turk" and john lewis' "versailles".
a. modal b. third stream c. hard bop d. straight ahead jazz |
b. third stream
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which of the following nightclubs was the center of the west coast jazz movement of the 50s?
a. minton's playhouse b. apollo theater c. five spot d. the lighthouse |
d. lighthouse
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which of the following jazz trumpeters introduced a style that focused on middle registers, used more spaces between phrases, and didn't display virtuosic bravura?
a. miles davis b. clifford brown c. dizzy gillespie d. max roach |
a. miles davis
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which of the following musical styles is generally viewed as the beginning of the modern age of jazz?
a. modal b. west coast c. bebop d. avant garde |
c. bebop
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what term was used by younger musicians in the 40s to describe older jazz fans that clung to music of the 20s/30s?
a. hipster b. populist c. modernist d. moldy fig |
d. moldy fig
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which of the following early jazz styles was revived in the 40s as a reaction to emerging modern jazz traditions?
a. ragtime b. new orleans dixieland c. stride d. rural blues |
b. dixieland
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what term describes a bop practice in which different chords are inserted into the fundamental chord structure of a well-known song?
a. running the changes b. harmolodics c. reharmonization d. tritone |
c. reharmonization
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what baritone vocalist also had one of the first bebop big bands?
a. dizzy gillespie b. john hendricks c. billy eckstine d. thelonius monk |
c. billy eckstine
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what street was the "center" of the new york jazz scene in the mid 40s?
a. 125th and lennox ave b. 52nd street c. 42nd street and broadway d. 18th and vine |
b. 52nd
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what composer/musician experimented w/ a style of jazz that combined elements of afro-cuban culture w/ jazz?
a. thelonius monk b. desi arnez c. charles mingus d. dizzy gillespie |
d. dizzy
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which of the following jazz drummers popularized the practice of keeping the beat on the ride cymbal? nicknamed "klook".
a. art blakey b. kenny clarke c. oscar pettiford d. jimmy blanton |
b. kenny clarke
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what musician/composer popularized the use of unusual meters in jazz?
a. chet baker b. charles mingus c. john lewis d. dave brubeck |
d. brubeck
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which of the following musicians introduced the right hand bop piano style defined by use of sparse sharply articulated chords in the left hand that punctuated linear improvisations in the right hand?
a. thelonius monk b. bud powell c. erroll garner d. mary lou williams |
b. bud powell
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what style of jazz emphasized written arrangements, compositional structures, restrained dynamics and unusual instrumentation?
a. soul/funky jazz b. modal c. west coast d. bebop |
c. west coast
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what term is used to describe a technique where lyrics are set to existing jazz solos?
a. vocalese b. reharmonization c. recomposition d. scatting |
a. vocalese
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what was the first vocal group significant in popularizing vocalese?
a. jazz messengers b. lambert, hendricks, ross c. jazz workshop d. the misfits |
b. lambert,...
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what album is credited w/ introducing modal jazz?
a. the bridge b. relaxin w/ the miles davis quintet c. kind of blue d. free jazz |
c. kind of blue
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which band is credited w/ mentoring generations of young jazz musicians including wayne shorter, freddie hubbard, and wynton marsalis?
a. chet baker/gerry mulligan b. jazz messengers c. mingus big band d. miles davis band of the 50s |
b. jazz messengers
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what style of jazz was viewed as a musical reaction to the predominance of cool jazz? centered on the east coast.
a. hard bop b. west coast c. afro-cuban d. bebop |
a. hard bop
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which of the following saxophonists helped elevate the alto sax to a prominent lead instrument? he is also credited w/ defining the harmonic language of bebop.
a. charlie parker b. bud powell c. lester young d. max roach |
a. charlie parker
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what technological advance impacted the recording of jazz from the late 40s on?
a. magnetic tape b. compact disk c. metal discs d. multidub |
a. magnetic tape
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what big band served as a musical model for the "birth of cool" sessions?
a. stan kenton's b. billy eckstine's c. claude thornhill's d. dizzy gillespie's |
c. thornhill's
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what bebop pianist's style was influenced by harlem stride tradition? cluster/crushed notes were characteristics of his style.
a. bud powell b. thelonius monk c. max roach d. bill evans |
b. thelonius
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which of the following was not one of the ways recording tech. changed the nature of jazz performances during the 40s?
a. new parts could be added to previously recorded performances b. tape machines became more portable c. live performances limited to 3 min or less d. diff. parts could be spliced together to create a new performance w/ no errors |
c. live performances limited..
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what was the first american jazz festival?
a. paris jazz festival b. monterey jazz festival c. newport festival d. playboy festival |
c. newport
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who was the 1st jazz musician to capitalize on the popularity of jazz amongst college students by performing on college campuses?
a. benny goodman b. dave brubeck c. ornette coleman d. fletcher henderson |
b. brubeck
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what drummer integrated african rhythm patterns and practices into his music following a trip to africa in the 50s?
a. john coltrane b. max roach c. gil evans d. art blakey |
d. blakey
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which of the following record companies was the first to release a lp record?
a. blue note b. okeh c. columbia d. motown |
c. columbia
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what saxophonist was significant in development of the latin jazz style that combined brazilian rhythms w/ jazz?
a. stan getz b. john coltrane c. bud powell d. scott joplin |
a. stan getz
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what is the name of the latin jazz style that combined brazilian rhythms w/ jazz?
a. cubop b. modal c. bossa nova d. avant garde |
c. bossa nova
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