Jazz

The term "Ragtime" is short for...

• Ragging time

• Raging time

• Ragged time

• Raging bull

The most famous ragtime composer was a pianist named...

• Duke Ellington

• Scott Joplin

• Thelonious Monk

• Mozart

New Orleans is located in which state:

• Alabama

• Arkansas

• Lousiana

• Mississippi

When a jazz musician plays a solo, he or she is utilizing a technique called:

• Incubation

• Incorporation

• Improvisation

• Infatuation

One of the biggest centers of both organized crime and jazz in the 1920s was...

• Chicago

• Memphis

• St. Louis

• Kansas City

One of the most popular dances to emerge in the 1920s was the...

• Dab

• Charleston

• The Floss

• The Carlton

Louis Armstrong switched from playing the conet to the...

• Saxophone

• Sousaphone

• Clarinet

• Trumpet

The horn section in a New Orleans jazz band is typically called the:

• Front Line

• First Responders

• Fire Wall

• Forward Command

In a typical jazz band, the drums, bass, guitar and piano make up the:

• Sizzle Section

• Rhythm Section

• Beat Detection

• Rattle Section

Slaves in New Orleans were allowed to congregate on Sundays in an area called:

• Conga Lane

• Bongo Circle

• Congo Square

• Porta Place