Understanding Jazz

What cities did Jazz originate from?

• Chicago

• New York

• New Orleans

• Kansas City

Jazz directly originated from:

• The Blues

• Hip-Hop

• Country

• Metal

One of Jazz's earliest New Orleans pioneers, Louis Armstrong, played what instrument?

• Saxophone

• Clarinet

• Trumpet

• Tuba

Bebop is usually played SLOWLY and with only a COUPLE instruments

• True

• False

Charlie Parker is credited with discovering Bebop along with some other jazz musicians. What instrument did he play?

• Trumpet

• Electric Guitar

• Alto Saxophone

• Baritone Saxophone

The clarinetist Benny Goodman helped developed this style of music. This style of Jazz was popular to dance to.

• Straight

• Lazy

• Bop

• Swing

There are many styles within Jazz and many that were inspired by it. We can even say that Rock and Hip-Hop came from Jazz.

• True

• False

Bebop Music was meant to be danced to.

• True, it was the perfect tempo for dancing

• False, it was toooooo fast and complex