Jazz Music 2 WHS

When was the Big Band era?

• 1930's

• 1940's

• 1950's

• 1920's

known for playing the clarinet in Swing and Big Band

• Louis Armstrong
• Benny Goodman
• Louise Williams
• Count Basie

Who were the pioneers of Bebop?

• "Dizzy" Gillespie

• Charlie "Yardbird" Parker

• Mary Lou Williams

• Duke Ellington

Charlie Parker played the....

• piano
• alto saxophone
• trumpet
• trombone

Which of these Jazz pieces was not performed Glenn Miller

• In The Mood

• American Patrol

• Moonlight Serenade

• The Entertainer

Which of these dances is not a Jazz dance?

• The Leap Frog

• The Jitterbug

• Swing Dance

• The Lyndy Hop

What does improvisation mean? 

• Come up with it as you go
• Play without notation
• Both

Jazz music was syncopated which means

• Music doesn't vary

• Music is played softly

• Music is played structurally

• Music is played off beat

What country did Jazz music style originate from

• Africa

• United States

• 1920's

• England

Jazz grew out of.....

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