Week #5 (Jazz Unit - Big Band/Swing)

Who was nicknamed the "King of Swing"?

• Benny Goodman

• Glen Miller

• Duke Ellington

• Artie Shaw

Who was the most prolific composer of Jazz music?

• Coleman Hawkins

• Benny Goodman

• Duke Ellington

• Glen Miller

Big Band/Swing music was mostly what?

• made up on-the-spot

• prearranged

Thanks to Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Ben Webster, what instrument became the most strongly identified with jazz music?

• Trumpet

• Trombone

• Clarinet

• Tenor Saxophone

The transition from Chicago Style Dixieland to Swing coincided with the movement of jazz from the city of Chicago to what major city?

• New Orleans

• New York City

• Los Angeles

• Philadelphia