WorksheetsJazz Appreciation
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Jazz grew out of.....
a)
the Southern US States
b)
the Northern US States
c)
the caribbean
d)
Mexico
2.
The Ragtime King.....
a)
John Coltrane
b)
Miles Davis
c)
Joe Williams
d)
Scott Joplin
3.
The blues grew out of.....
a)
swing music
b)
work songs and field hollers
c)
cool jazz
d)
classical music
4.
New Orleans is known as....
a)
the birthplace of the blues
b)
the birthplace of classical music
c)
the birthplace of jazz
d)
the
5.
Which of these facts is FALSE?
a)
New Orleans is known as the City of the Dead
b)
New Orleans special musical tradition is the Jazz funeral
c)
New Orleans jazz includes the sousaphone
d)
You won't find street musicians in New Orleans.
6.
Ella Fitzgerald is best known for....
a)
singing the blues
b)
scat singing
c)
playing the trumpet
d)
playing the piano
7.
Scat singing is......
a)
singing loudly
b)
singing with dynamics
c)
singing using made up nonsense syllables
d)
singing with a friend
8.
Louis Armstrong is best known for...
a)
his voice and trumpet playing
b)
his piano playing
c)
his saxophone playing
d)
his drum playing
9.
Joe Williams sang about......
a)
eating cupcakes
b)
tomatoes
c)
having the blues
d)
his home town
10.
Duke Ellington led a big band and played what instrument?
a)
saxophone
b)
drums
c)
bass
d)
piano
11.
This trumpet player was in Stan Kenton's band before leading his own....
a)
John Coltrane
b)
Miles Davis
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Maynard Ferguson
12.
TRUE OR FALSE Bebop is usually very slow jazz.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
13.
Dizzy Gillespie is best known for his....
a)
shiny saxophone
b)
sousaphone
c)
bent trumpet
d)
drumset
14.
Charlie Parker played the....
a)
piano
b)
alto saxophone
c)
trumpet
d)
trombone
15.
Miles Davis was a trumpet player who is best known for his album.....
a)
Jazz Masters
b)
Chameleon
c)
Kind of Blue
d)
Every Day I have the Blues
16.
Stylistically, cool jazz is the opposite of bebop. TRUE OR FALSE?
a)
FALSE
b)
TRUE
17.
John Coltrane played the....
a)
trumpet
b)
soprano sax and tenor sax
c)
trombone
d)
bass
18.
Tito Puente is known for what style of jazz?
a)
swing
b)
New Orleans Jazz
c)
Blues
d)
Latin
19.
Herbie Hancock is best known for what kind of jazz?
a)
Blues
b)
Cool Jazz
c)
Funk
d)
Bebop
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