A History of Jazz Music Quiz - SLP Series Jazz Through Time

Jazz grew out of.....

• the Southern US States
• the Northern US States
• the caribbean
• Mexico

New Orleans is known as....

• the birthplace of the blues
• the birthplace of classical music
• the birthplace of jazz
• the

Ella Fitzgerald is best known for....

• singing the blues
• scat singing
• playing the trumpet
• playing the piano

Scat singing is......

• singing loudly
• singing with dynamics
• singing using made up nonsense syllables
• singing with a friend

Louis Armstrong is best known for...

• his voice and trumpet playing
• his piano playing
• his saxophone playing
• his drum playing

Miles Davis was a trumpet player who is best known for his album.....

• Jazz Masters
• Chameleon
• Kind of Blue
• Every Day I have the Blues

John Coltrane played the....

• trumpet
• soprano sax and tenor sax
• trombone
• bass

A great jazz musician who helped the 1920s become known as the "Jazz Age"

• Henry Ford
• Babe Ruth
• Louis Armstrong
• Langston Hughes

This style from the 1930's and 1940's uses many instruments in "big bands".

• bebop

• blues

• ragtime

• swing

This style of jazz emphasizes solo playing in small groups.

• bebop

• blues

• ragtime

• swing