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WorksheetsSummative Assessment: Early Jazz History
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Congo Square was best recognized as...
a place for slave owners to find more slaves to purchase.
a place where African dances and African musical and cultural elements were shared and preserved.
a dwelling for African-Americans to have church services in New Orleans.
a place where people went to make beats.
How were "Creoles of Color" defined according to the article?
People of mixed African and European blood or heritage and were often well educated craft and trades people.
People of a singular bloodline dating back to French Origin
People of mixed West Indian and Native American Heritage
People of mixed African and Spanish blood or heritage and were often well educated craft and trades people.
What group of people were described as "black "gangs" whose members "masked" as American Indians on Mardi Gras day to honor them."
Creoles of Color
The Cherokee Tribe
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras Coalition of Blacks
The New Orleans Mutual Society
The purpose of mutual aid and benevolent societies was to:
(a)
At mutual and benevolent society events, community celebrants would join in the exuberant dancing procession in the parades. This became known as...
The Party Line
The Two Step
The Second Line
The Hot Foot
Most of the city's brass band members began to double as:
String Band Players
Dancers
Bandleaders
Dance Band Players
Servers at upscale parties
By the turn of the century New Orleans was thriving not only as a major sea and river port but also as a major center for sports entertainment.
True
False
A special collaborative relationship developed between brass bands in New Orleans and mutual aid and benevolent societies in the early days of Jazz development.
True
False
The early emergence of Jazz encompassed what styles of music at that time?
gospel, blues and spirituals
ragtime, blues, spirituals, marches,
ragtime, r&b and gospel
reggae, funk and blues
The early development of jazz in New Orleans is most associated with the popularity of what band leader?
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Sidney "Chops" Bichet
Edward "Kid" Oliver
Charles "Buddy" Bolden
In what year did Charles "Buddy" Bolden collapse in a parade?
1919
1895
1906
1908
1912
The frontline of dance bands consisted of the following instruments:
trombone, cornet and clarinet
saxophone, clarinet and cornet
tuba, trombone and french horn
euphonium, trombone and cornet
The rhythm section of dance bands consisted of the following instruments:
piano, drums and trombone
harmonica, harp and drums
clarinet, cornet, piano
bass, drums and guitar
guitar, bass and flute
What is "Collective Improvisation"?
An improvisational style that allows musicians to take turns making up a melody.
A style of improvisation that calls for the frontline instruments to all improvise at the same time.
A style of improvisation that makes it difficult to play the music written on the page.
Improvisation that includes three musicians taking turns on improvising.
In the year (blank), Kid Ory took his Woodland Band to the city of New Orleans.
(a)
What popular bandleader's band attracted white musicians who wanted to play Jazz?
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five
Nelly's Saint Lunatics
Willie "The Lion" Smith's Brass Band
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
"Papa" Laine’s Reliance Bands
Edward "Kid" Ory was born in...
New Orleans, LA
Augusta, GA
Aiken, SC
La Place, LA
Baton Rouge, LA
How Old was Kid Ory when he began to lead a band on his own?
14
17
11
21
19
What future Jazz greats performed in Kid Ory's Band over the years?
Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Johnny and Warren Dodds, and Jimmie Noone
Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker
Cab Calloway, Eric Clapton, Michael McDonald and Freddie Mercury
Wilson Pickett, Bo Didly, Boz Scags and Matt Murdock
Blacks and Creoles of Color began to collaborate and push the new Jazz style more aggressively due to...
Slave owners reclaiming all freedmen as slaves
Repressive segregation laws passed in the early 1870s
The formation of the Black Musician's Union
Repressive segregation laws passed in the early 1890s
The New Orleans music scene did not provide many opportunities for musicians to work.
True
False
Shortly before 1900, African-American neighborhood organizations known as (blank) started to spring up all over the city of New Orleans.
social aid and pleasure clubs
funeral homes and churches
bars and saloons
fraternities and sororities
The Original Creole Orchestra left New Orleans and moved to (Blank) in 1912.
Dallas
Los Angeles
Miami
Detroit
Las Vegas
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band cut the first commercial Jazz recording in what year?
1905
1899
1917
1932
1912
With New Orleans Styled Jazz gaining popularity, most musicians stayed in New Orleans to become better at playing this style of music and decided not to travel outside of Louisiana.
True
False
What two popular band leaders formed the Creole Jazz Band in Chicago?
Buddy Bolden and Kid Ory
Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong
King Oliver and Kid Ory
Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong
"Polyphony" is defined as...
capable of rendering the listener stunned
capable of making harmonious sounds
capable of producing more than one note at a time.
capable of unison melody lines
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings collaborated with what band leader in Chicago in 1923?
Jelly Roll Morton
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong revolutionized New Orleans styled Jazz by replacing polyphony with (Blank).
(a)
Jelly Roll Morton is recognized as the "first great composer of Jazz".
True
False
