The Evolution of African-American Music

Which instrument did African slaves NOT bring over to America with them?

• banjo

• piano

• drums

• zithers

_________ allowed slaves to think about a new world where there would be freedom from toil and strife.

• Spirituals

• Drudgery

• Calls

• Dances

The very first reported Blues show was in

1916, on Ashley Street in Jacksonville. The

performer was _________.

• Ma Rainey

• Muddy Waters

• Howlin' Wolf

• Bessie Smith

Male Blues singers next made their mark

with simple melodies and plaintive songs,

like the great ________.

• Muddy Waters

• Etta James

• Charlie Parker

• Michael Jackson

___________ were almost exclusively black. Why? Because at the turn of the century, virtually all barbers were black.

• Barbershop Quartets

• Opera Singers

• Dancers

• Music Producers

Originating in ___________, jazz was the instrumental

equivalent of the barbershop quartet.

• Memphis

• New Orleans

• New York

• Paris

Duke Ellington (right), Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie all had bands, and the Cotton Club in ______

became a chic destination.

• Harlem

• New Orleans

• Nashville

• Chicago

During the war, up until the 1930s, the Great

Migration found many African-Americans

moving to _______cities.

• western

• northern

• southern

• eastern

This R&B music in the 1960's was pioneered by a small record company in Detroit called __________.

• "Motown"

• Def Jam

• Atlantic

• Big Machine

Early rap skipped _________ entirely, just using lyrics and a bass beat.

• instruments

• vocals

• recordings

• dancing