What is Jazz? Quiz

Jazz was "born" in:

• France

• the U. S.

• Italy

• California

Jazz is a combination of which musical traditions?

• Australian and South American

• African and Asian

• Asian and Latin

• African and European

Inventing and reacting to something on the spur of the moment:

• improvisation

• syncopation

• conducting

• "zooming"

The Power Point said that jazz musicians create musical:

• arguments

• fireworks

• conversations

• slide shows

Jazz musicians play the same song differently every time.

• True

• False

Which of these was NOT mentioned as a value that jazz represents?

• teamwork

• organizational skills

• ethnic diversity

• listening

Jazz musicians and their audiences are on a path of ________ together.

• discovery

• excitement

• problem solving

• sadness

According to the Power Point, music is a __________ industry.

• common

• political

• multi-billion-dollar

• merit-based

Jazz is different from classical music, mostly because classical music is:

• softer

• uptight

• harder

• written down ahead of time

In jazz, most of the music is “spontaneously composed” by the musicians, which requires the listener to be:

• awake

• thinking

• alert

• quiet