Jazz Age

What was known as the "white imitation" of New Orleans Jazz? 

• Dixieland
• Boogie-Woogie
• KoKo Jazz
• Concert Jazz

The foundations of the Jazz Age primarily lie in what genre?

• Blues
• Tin Pan Alley Music
• Symphony
• Folk Songs

Identify Blues Form.

• AA'BB'CC'DD'
• ABA'
• AA'B
• AB

Choose the best definition for the term improvisation.

• Mass production of a jazz group's performance.
• The competing of melodies that occur simultaneously. 
• The simultaneous invention and performance of music.
• An accompanying pattern on the guitar.

Which of the following makes Sweet Jazz significantly different from jazz as a whole?     

• Improvisation
• Syncopated rhythms 
• Use of twelve-bar blues
• Jazzy timbres

Which of the following best describes Jazz Great Louis Armstrong?

• Virtuosic jazz pianist known for his stride and boogie-woogie style of playing.
• Coined the “march king”, wrote hundreds of compositions for concert band.
• Trombone big band leader, composer of the famous jazz tune “In the Mood”. 
• Expressive, technically brilliant trumpet player, personalized his performances.

BeBop began as a revolt against what type of jazz style?

• The polished, rehearsed big band style.
• The smooth sound of cool jazz. 
• The rise of female vocalists in jazz.
• The highly improvised style of the 1930s. 

What instrument did Bill Basie play?

• Piano
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Sousaphone

What is the best definition for the term scat singing?

• Improvising on nonsense or neutral syllables.
• The repetition of a melodic figure.
• An arrangement of time in music.
• A collection of psalms in a book.

Who considered himself the “Father of the Blues”? 

• Duke Ellington
• W.C. Handy
• George Gershwin
• Scott Joplin