Jazz History

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Dixieland Jazz was popular in what time period? 1970s, 1960-1970, 1920-1930, 1930-1940

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1920-1930

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How many people made up a BIG band or SWING band?

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16-18 people

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Pick the answer that has two legendary jazz trumpet players: Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong

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Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong

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Which artist was a key player in swing?

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Benny Goodman

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The Ragtime King was

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Scott Joplin

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Which of these facts is FALSE? New Orleans is known as the City of the Dead, New Orleans special musical tradition is the Jazz funeral, New Orleans jazz includes the sousaphone, You won't find street musicians in New Orleans.

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You won't find street musicians in New Orleans.

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Charlie Parker played the....

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alto saxophone

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John Coltrane played the....

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soprano sax and tenor sax

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Herbie Hancock is best known for what kind of jazz? Options: Blues, Cool Jazz, Fusion, Bebop

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Fusion

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What is the name of the popular musical structure used in Blues music?

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12 Bar Blues