Jazz History Lesson Summative Exam

Jazz History Lesson Summative Exam

New Orleans Jazz History, 1895 - 1927

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Shortly before 1900, African-American neighborhood organizations known as (Blank) started to spring up all over the city of New Orleans.

• social aid and pleasure clubs

• funeral homes and churches

• bars and saloons

• fraternities and sororities

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The Original Creole Orchestra left New Orleans and moved to (Blank) in 1912.

• Dallas

• Chicago

• New York

• Los Angeles

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The Original Dixieland Jazz Band cut the first commercial Jazz recording in what year?

• 1911

• 1922

• 1917

• 1944

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With New Orleans Jazz gaining popularity, most musicians stayed in New Orleans to become better at playing this style of music.

• True

• False

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The early development of New Orleans Jazz is mostly associated with what popular bandleader?

• Louis Armstrong

• Wynton Marsalis

• Charles "Buddy" Bolden

• Jake "The Snake" Roberts

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Early Jazz was created through a combination of what styles of music?

• Ragtime, Blues and Spirituals,

• Ragtime, Country and Bluegrass

• Reggae, Hip Hop and Blues

• Blues, Ragtime and EDM

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What Bandleader collapsed while performing in a street parade in 1906?

• John Robichaux

• Charlie Galloway

• Louis Armstrong

• Charles "Buddy" Bolden

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What instruments were in the front line of turn of the century Jazz Bands?

• Trombone, Cornet and Clarinet

• Saxophone, Cornet and Trombone

• Clarinet, Flute and Cornet

• Violin, Bass and Piano

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Jazz Band rhythm sections consisted of what instruments?

• Piano, Harp, Drums

• Drums, Violin, Saxophone

• Bass, Guitar, Drums

• Piano, Guitar, Bass

• Bass, Clarinet, Drums

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When dance audiences wanted more excitement, the following styles of music satisfied them.

• Ragtime, Blues and Jazz

• Jazz, Blues and Gospel

• Blues, Ragtime and Classical

• Classical, Gospel and Blues

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Written sheet music began to give way to memorized music in the early Jazz Era.

• True

• False

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Collective Improvisation is defined as:

• A collection of well written sheet music

• A style that consists of playing written music as is

• A style of blending improvised parts

• A style of musical confusion

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What future Jazz greats were musicians in Kid Ory's band?

• Wynton and Brandon Marsalis, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton

• Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Johnny and Warren Dodds, and Jimmie Noone

• Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Bassie, Frank Foster

• Dizzy Gilespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane

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Where was Edward "Kid" Ory born?

• La Place, Louisiana

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Meridian, Mississippi

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In what year did Kid Ory move his Woodland Band to the city of New Orleans?

• 1906

• 1899

• 1919

• 1907

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A special collaborative relationship developed between brass bands in New Orleans and mutual aid and benevolent societies in the early days of Jazz development.

• True

• False

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The purpose of mutual aid and benevolent societies was to:

• Provide food for the communities they served

• Give jobs to people

• Provide music for church functions

• Help the sick and bury the dead

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At their events, community celebrants would join in the exuberant dancing procession in the parades. This became known as...

• The Second Line

• The Two Step

• The Hot Foot

• The Party Line

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By the turn of the century New Orleans was thriving not only as a major sea and river port but also as a major center for sports entertainment.

• True

• False

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The Original Dixieland Jazz Band cut the first commercial Jazz recording in what year?

• 2017

• 1844

• 1917

• 1907

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Most of the city's brass band members began to double as:

• Dancers

• String Band Players

• Dance Band Players

• Bandleaders

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The New Orleans music scene provided few opportunities for musicians to work.

• True

• False