Black Musicians study guide

Who is known as the most famous jazz saxophonist in history?

• Louis Armstrong

• John Coltrane

• Duke Ellington

• Kenny G.

What Romantic composer conducted three tours in the U.S.

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

• Beethoven

• Joseph Bolonge

• Louis Armstrong

Who is known as the pioneer of the Reggae genre?

• William Still

• Shabba Ranks

• Bob Marley

• John Coltrane

Started her career at Ameature Night at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY?

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Billie Holiday

• Janet Jackson

• Aretha Franklin

Who was the first black composer to have a piece played by a leading orchestra?

• Stevie Wonder

• Duke Ellington

• Robert Johnson

• William Grant Still

Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and went on tour with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Janet Jackson

• Aretha Franklin

• Billie Holiday

• Whitney Houston

Who is the first known Black composer of Classical music?

• Muddy Waters

• John Coltrane

• Ray Charles

• Joseph Bolonge

Who is known as the founder of soul music and went blind as a child?

• Ray Charles

• Stevie Wonder

• Brian McKnight

• Michael Jackson

Who is known as the leading pioneer of Jazz and was also a trumpeter and vocalist?

• John Coltrane

• Louis Armstrong

• Dizzy Gillespie

• Bob Marley

Who was the first Black woman to have a piece played by a leading orchestra?

• Florence Beatrice-Price

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Rebbie Jackson

• Florence Henderson