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Jazz Music

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When an artist does a cover version, they are

a)

spoiling a song that has already been composed

b)

improving a song that has already been composed

c)

performing a song that has already been composed

d)

improvising a song that has already been composed

2.

Mark the true

a)

Nowdays, every artist can perform a cover without atributing the work to its autor

b)

Nowdays, every artist cannot perform a cover without atributing the work to its autor

c)

there are artists who attibute their cover to its original autor because they are kind

d)

All of them are true

3.

Plagiariarism is

a)

when an artist performs a cover and attribute it to its autor

b)

when an artist performs a cover without attribuing the work to its autor

c)

when an artist liead listeners to believe that it is not their work

d)

when the song is awful

4.

Jazz was originated in

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

America

5.

This genre was predecessors of jazz

a)

Bebop

b)

cool jazz

c)

gospel

d)

free jazz

6.

Gospel is called too

a)

bebop

b)

golpe de vista

c)

spiritual music

d)

none of them

7.

The history of jazz began in

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Tordillos

d)

New Orleans

8.

A riff is

a)

region with mountainous and green areas of North Africa

b)

short melodic phrases repeated while a soloist improvises

c)

new style of jazz which explored new harmonies, playing fast tempos

d)

accentuated melodies and smoother sound

9.

A jam sessions

a)

is a party in which there are a competiton which the winner is who eat more jam

b)

it is called marmalade session in uk

c)

is a meeting where player musicians imiprovise

d)

is a famous festival of Vitoria

10.
Jazz grew out of.....
a)
the Southern US States
b)
the Northern US States
c)
the caribbean
d)
Mexico
11.
The Ragtime King.....
a)
John Coltrane
b)
Miles Davis
c)
Joe Williams
d)
Scott Joplin
12.
The blues grew out of.....
a)
swing music
b)
work songs and field hollers
c)
cool jazz
d)
classical music
13.
New Orleans is known as....
a)
the birthplace of the blues
b)
the birthplace of classical music
c)
the birthplace of jazz
d)
the
14.
Ella Fitzgerald is best known for....
a)
singing the blues
b)
scat singing
c)
playing the trumpet
d)
playing the piano
15.
Scat singing is......
a)
singing loudly
b)
singing with dynamics
c)
singing using made up nonsense syllables
d)
singing with a friend
16.
Louis Armstrong is best known for...
a)
his voice and trumpet playing
b)
his piano playing
c)
his saxophone playing
d)
his drum playing
17.
Joe Williams sang about......
a)
eating cupcakes
b)
tomatoes
c)
having the blues
d)
his home town
18.
Duke Ellington led a big band and played what instrument?
a)
saxophone
b)
drums
c)
bass
d)
piano
19.
TRUE OR FALSE Bebop is usually very slow jazz.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
20.
Dizzy Gillespie is best known for his....
a)
shiny saxophone
b)
sousaphone
c)
bent trumpet
d)
drumset
21.
Charlie Parker played the....
a)
piano
b)
alto saxophone
c)
trumpet
d)
trombone
22.
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
23.
Stylistically, cool jazz is the opposite of bebop.  TRUE OR FALSE?
a)
FALSE
b)
TRUE
24.
John Coltrane played the....
a)
trumpet
b)
soprano sax and tenor sax
c)
trombone
d)
bass
25.
Tito Puente is known for what style of jazz?
a)
swing
b)
New Orleans Jazz
c)
Blues
d)
Latin
26.
Herbie Hancock is best known for what kind of jazz?
a)
Blues
b)
Cool Jazz
c)
Funk
d)
Bebop
27.
During what decades was swing a popular music?
a)
1930s & 1940s
b)
1960s & 1970s
c)
1900s & 1910s
d)
1990s & 2000s
28.
What iconic New York venue did Benny Goodman perform at in 1938?
a)
Radio City Hall
b)
The Opera House
c)
Carnegie Hall
d)
Gershwin Theare
29.
Fill in the piece name blank: 'Take the ___ Train'
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
30.

Who was the first person to make Jazz music popular?

a)

Mattias Honer

b)

W.C. Handy

c)

B.B. King

d)

Murky Waters

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