Jazz

Jazz originated in ______________________ in the ____________.

• New Jersey; 1750

• New Orleans; 1800s

• New York; 1800s

• New Orleans; 1750

Slaves were able to come together and ________________ something that wasn’t always permitted in other cities or states.

• talk

• play music

• dance

• write

Some slave owners were not allowed to make slaves work on ________________, which became the time to find joy in music and led to the creation of ___________.

• Sundays; Jazz

• Wednesday; Rest

• Saturday; Jazz

• Weekends; Gumbo

__________________ - a cornet player - is considered the first jazz musician.

• Buddy Davis

• Buddy Holly

• Buddy Bolden

• Buddy Lewis

Improvisation is doing something ________________ or without preparation.

• spontaneously

• crazy

• weird

• calmly

Ragtime developed naturally in the American ___________.

• North

• East

• South

• West

Marching bands were a form of support during the ______________.

• World War II

• Civil War

• World War I

• Revolutionary War

_________________ music and _____________ music influenced the blues genre, further diversifying the sound of blues itself.

• Rock and Pop

• Rap and folk

• Latin and funk

• Spiritual and folk

Various jazz musicians began solidifying their own sounds, which led to the creation of new ____________.

• beats

• music

• subgenres

• rhythms

Many consider the 1920s the start of the ____________ since that’s when it first became broadly popular in the US and Europe.

• rap age

• war age

• music age

• jazz age