The Swing Era and Bebop

What style of jazz did Count Basie play?

• Swing

• Fusion

• Cool

• Latin

When you "swing" the eighth notes, you:

• make one long, then short

• make one short, then long

• make them equal

• make one louder, then softer

Benny Goodman played the ________________.

• clarinet

• trumpet

• trombone

• drum set

What was the name of the New York club where Duke Ellington performed?

• The Apple Club

• The Cotton Club

• The Silk Club

Duke Ellington was famous for composing and playing the _____.

• Saxo

• Drums

• G

• Piano

A female singer in a big band was often called a ________________.

• crooner

• canary

• chick

• bird

One of the most famous “crooners” to emerge from the Swing era was Frank ________________.

• Welker

• Basie

• Ellington

• Sinatra

This instrument was first “electrified” during the Swing era: ________________.

• bass

• keyboard

• guitar

• clarinet

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonius Monk created a style of jazz known as

________________.

• bebop

• swing

• Dixieland jazz

• jazz fusion

Bebop was created in a club in Harlem called ________________ ________________.

• The Village Vanguard

• Minton's Playhouse

• The Cotton Club

• Dizzy's Club