Story of Jazz (Unit 2)

Early Jazz evolved from:

• Ragtime

• Blues

• spirituals

• All of the above

The usual instrumentation of a Dixieland band includes trumpet, trombone, piano, string bass, drums, and:

• saxophone and banjo

• clarinet and banjo

• flute and drums

• violin and clarinet

When jazz musicians all solo at the same time, it's called:

• democracy

• recess

• free time

• collective improvisation

One of the most important musicians of Dixieland was:

• Frank Sinatra

• George Washington

• Louis Armstrong

• Shawn Carter

The Great Migration was a time when:

• jazz musicians searched for better instruments to use

• many African Americans moved north in search of better employment and living conditions

• Louis Armstrong performed in Las Vegas for the first time

• people living in the north moved south for the warmer weather

The dance that had the same name as a tune in the 1920's was the:

• Freedom

• Charleston

• Chicago

• Big Dipper

Early Jazz was influenced in part by military brass bands or marching bands.

• True

• False

Dixieland developed in the early 1800's.

• True

• False

Dixieland bands were originally small marching bands.

• True

• False

During the Great Migration, people moved in large numbers to cities in the southern United States.

• True

• False