Cool, Hard Bop, and Modal Jazz Quiz

The era of cool jazz was from

• 1925 - 1935

• 1935 - 1945

• 1940 - 1950

• 1949 - 1955

• 1955 - 1963

If Bebop were a reaction to Swing, then Cool might be considered a reaction to

• Dixieland

• the Blues

• the reaction

• Rock 'n Roll

• Swing

Cool jazz was

• usually slower paced and more subdued than Bebop

• usually fast paced

• usually energetic and overtly emotional

• usually louder than Bebop

• the slang term for the "hot" style of jazz

The type of jazz that put jazz back into the mainstream of American music in the 1950's was

• Modal Jazz

• Cool

• Funk

• Hard Bop

• Bebop

Cool jazz was performed by

• both white and black musicians in most of America’s major cities

• white musicians exclusively

• black musicians exclusively

• mostly women

• classical musicians

One of the saxophonists associated with Cool jazz was

• Chet Baker

• Dave Brubeck

• Gerry Mulligan

• Charlie Parker

• Milt Jackson

A trumpet player associated with Cool jazz was

• Miles Davis

• Gerry Mulligan

• Dizzy Gillespie

• Dave Brubeck

• Freddie Hubbard

Cool combos ranged from

• quartets to sextets

• trios to nonets

• duets to octets

• quartets to big bands

• chamber orchestra to symphonic orchestra

Cool groups sometimes included

• vibes and French horn

• banjo and guitar

• clarinet and violin

• bassoon and oboe

• acoustic guitar and electric bass

Cool jazz influences and tune sources included

• symphonic repertoire only

• Dixieland

• the Blues exclusively

• Swing and Bebop

• Hard Bop