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WorksheetsJazz Episode 3 Our Language Part 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who claimed to have invented Jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Frank Trambauer
Jelly Roll Morton
King Oliver
In what city was jazz born?
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
What were territory bands?
Dance bands that criss crossed between cities playing one nighters
Bands that claimed the land as their territory
Jazz bands that would only play at one club
Jazz Orchestras that played at The Territory Club
In 1925, who was the greatest star in Fletcher Henderson's band?
Bix Beiderbeck
Louis Armstrong
Jelly Roll Morton
Artie Shaw
During the recording of Louis Armstrong dropped his sheet music and he introduced scatter singing.
St. Louis Blues
Singin' The Blues
Am I Blue
Heebie Jeebies
What is scatter singing?
To scatter your words when you sing.
To sing random words with the instrument
To play the words with you voice, like you would with your instrument
To sing different words every time you play a song.
What strong tempered singer was called the Empress of the Blues?
Ethel Waters
Bessie Smith
Lil Harden
Ella Fitzgerald
What are race records?
Records that race each other
Special ethnic catalogs meant for black audiences
Special records created for only whites
Records that play their music really fast
Which record company did NOT make race records?
Paramount Records
Okeh Records
Victor Records
Vocalian Records
Columbia Records
What was the name of the first African American recording company?
Victor
Black Swan
Paramount
Okeh
Which white musician proved that white musicians could make a real contribution to jazz?
Frank Trambauer
Paul Whiteman
Bix Beiderbecke
David Goodman
What was the name of the first really great white jazz band that Bix started playing with in 1926?
The Original Dixieland Jass Band
Gene Goldkette Orchestra
The Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Wolverines
In 1927, as the stock market soared to record heights, Trambauer and Bix recorded their biggest hit, “
.”
Heebie Jeebies
West End Blues
Dead Man Blues
Singin' The Blues
Which musician that made the biggest impression on Bix Beiderbecke?
Paul Whiteman
Louis Armstrong
Jelly Roll Morton
King Oliver
In which city was Bix Beiderbecke born?
Chicago, Illinois
New York, New York
Davenport, Iowa
New Orleans, Louisiana
What was the name of the film in which Bessie Smith performed?
Singin' the Blues
St. Louis Blues
