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36 Cards in this Set
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What city is the birthplace of Jazz
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New Orleans
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Where were slaves allowed to congregate and perform traditional dances from their African homelands though most of the 19th century
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Congo Square
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Which previous established musical groups became the 1st Jazz units in New Orleans
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The Marching Band
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The St. Louis style of ragtime was led by what 2 black composers
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Scott Joplin and W.C. Handy
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What was Storyville
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A neighborhood set aside for brothels and gambling
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What instrument replaced the tuba when Jazz moved indoors
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Double Bass
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What Instrument replaced the banjo when Jazz moved indoors
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Piano
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Who was the ragtime-trained New Orleans pianist who became the 1st significant composer of Jazz
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Jelly Roll Morton
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Who was the 1st significant Jazz soloist the was internationally recognized
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Louis Armstrong
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How did the chicago style differ from the New Orleans style
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Chicago had large individual solo sections, New Orleans was wall-to-wall collective improvising
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New York's James P. Johnson created a new swinging style of ragtime called
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Stride
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Who was the 1st significant White Jazz Musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
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In what Jazz style era did band need a musical arranger and jazz musicians had to be able to read music
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Big band/Swing
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What was the standard instrumentation of the swing orchestra
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5 sax, 4 trom, 4 trum, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
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Who was the Harlem Renaissance pianist and bandleader the broacasted from the cotton club
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Duke Ellington
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The Inventor of Swing/featured Louis Armstrong
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Fletcher Henderson
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What Kansas City swing band was known 4 its strong anchoring in the blues
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Basie Band
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When did big band become a hit 2 the public
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1935
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What Jazz artist popularized the electric guitar while playing with Benny Goodman
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Charlie Christian
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Which jazz singer was influenced by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong during her youth and was discovered in New York City by A&R guru John Hammond
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Billie Holiday
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Bebop was born and developed in what city
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New York/Harlem
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What was Dizzy Gillespie's instrument of expertise
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Trumpet
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What was Charlie Bird Parker's Instrument of expertise
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Alto Sax
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What was Thelonious Monk's Instrument of expertise
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Piano
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Which Band leader fused latin arrangements with Bebop in his jazz big band
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Tito Puente
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Which Band leader fused latin arrangements with Bebop in his jazz big band
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Tito Puente
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What was Miles Davis' Instrument of expertise
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Trumpet
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What west coast pianist/bandleader fused 20th century orchestral elements to jazz, playing in odd time signatures like 5/4 and 9/8
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Dave Brubeck
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Miles Davis' landmark album
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The Birth Of The Cool
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Joao Gilberto recorded the music of which Brazilian songwriter
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Jobim
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What Artist 1st successfully brought the modal approach to jazz
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Miles Davis
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What Jazz saxophonist released the highly influential Free jazz album in 1960
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Ornette Coleman
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What saxophonist pushed the art of improvision to new standards with the Giant Steps and A Love Supreme albums
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John Coltrane
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What saxophonist pushed the art of improvision to new standards with the Giant Steps and A Love Supreme albums
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John Coltrane
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Which 1969 album fused rock, funk, and jazz 2 create fusion
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Bitches Brew
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Jazz Styles
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New Orleans Hot Jazz
Chicago Stride Swing Modern Bebop Latin Cool West Coast Hard Bop Free Jazz Fusion Neo-Traditional |
