Duke Ellington Quiz

Duke Ellington began playing the piano in high school again to _______

• Receive a scholarship
• Get a date
• Get in the band

He received the nickname “Duke” because of the way he _____________.

• Played the piano
• Listened to music.
• Dressed.

What was one of the jobs Duke Ellington had as a teenager?

• Newspaper boy
• Car washer
• Dishwasher

What is a gig?

• A hobby
• A job
• A job playing music.

What is big band jazz?

• A style of jazz which includes the use of piano, horns, woodwinds, and percussion instruments.
• A style of jazz which uses piano only.
• A style of jazz which does NOT include the use of piano, horns, woodwinds and percussion instruments.

Which of the following is a Duke Ellington song?

• The Entertainer
• Mood Indigo
• Maple Leaf Rag

This artist wrote a song in tribute to Duke Ellington called “Sir Duke”.

• Elton John
• Earth, Wind, and Fire
• Stevie Wonder

Duke Ellington is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of __________ magazine

• Time magazine
• Rolling Stone
• Vanity Fair

Duke Ellington was a bandleader. What instrument does a bandleader usually play?

• Trumpet
• Clarinet
• Piano

Duke Ellington became the first African American to be featured on a U.S. coin

• True
• False