SECTION II TEST- THE INCREASING REACH OF JAZZ AND BLUES

The diagram of the poetic pattern of blues lyrics is _________________

• aab

• abb

• aabb

• abc

• abba

Joe “King” Oliver played which instrument?

• trumpet

• piano

• saxophone

• cornet

• trombone

What is the form of “Lost Your Head Blues”?

• twelve bar blues

• A B A’ C

• A B A coda

• rondo structure

• 32 bar choruses

In what city did Louis Armstrong acquire a trumpet (instead of a cornet) and also began building a reputation as a singer?

• New Orleans

• Chicago

• New York

• St. Louis

• Baltimore

Posterity has dubbed which singer the “Empress of the Blues”?

• Victoria Spivey

• Gertrude “Ma” Rainey

• Ida Cox

• Bessie Smith

• Lucille Bogan

Which of the following is known as a jazz vocal technique in which the performer sings short, often bouncy nonsense syllables?

• changes

• scat

• dummy lyric

• wah-wah

• wordless voice

The Original Dixieland Band consisted of how many players?

• five

• seven

• six

• four

• eight

Who was the talented arranger and composer that Duke Ellington hired?

• Don Redman

• Billy Strayhorn

• Ferde Grofé

• Buddy Bolden

• John Coltrane

Which of the following is the earliest musical tradition in the United States?

• foxtrot

• swing

• jazz

• country blues

• classic blues

Which of the nine choruses in “Dippermouth Blues” are more characteristic of the Chicago Jazz than of the New Orleans approach?

• a. 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7

• b. 3, 4, 6 and 7

• c. 1, 2, 4 and 8

• d. 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9

• e. 2, 3, 5 and 7