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Jazz Episode 3 Our Language Part 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who claimed to have invented Jazz?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Frank Trambauer

c)

Jelly Roll Morton

d)

King Oliver

2.

In what city was jazz born?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

New York

c)

Chicago

d)

New Orleans

3.

What were territory bands?

a)

Dance bands that criss crossed between cities playing one nighters

b)

Bands that claimed the land as their territory

c)

Jazz bands that would only play at one club

d)

Jazz Orchestras that played at The Territory Club

4.

In 1925, who was the greatest star in Fletcher Henderson's band?

a)

Bix Beiderbeck

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Jelly Roll Morton

d)

Artie Shaw

5.

During the recording of Louis Armstrong dropped his sheet music and he introduced scatter singing.

a)

St. Louis Blues

b)

Singin' The Blues

c)

Am I Blue

d)

Heebie Jeebies

6.

What is scatter singing?

a)

To scatter your words when you sing.

b)

To sing random words with the instrument

c)

To play the words with you voice, like you would with your instrument

d)

To sing different words every time you play a song.

7.

What strong tempered singer was called the Empress of the Blues?

a)

Ethel Waters

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Lil Harden

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

8.

What are race records?

a)

Records that race each other

b)

Special ethnic catalogs meant for black audiences

c)

Special records created for only whites

d)

Records that play their music really fast

9.

Which record company did NOT make race records?

a)

Paramount Records

b)

Okeh Records

c)

Victor Records

d)

Vocalian Records

e)

Columbia Records

10.

What was the name of the first African American recording company?

a)

Victor

b)

Black Swan

c)

Paramount

d)

Okeh

11.

Which white musician proved that white musicians could make a real contribution to jazz?

a)

Frank Trambauer

b)

Paul Whiteman

c)

Bix Beiderbecke

d)

David Goodman

12.

What was the name of the first really great white jazz band that Bix started playing with in 1926?

a)

The Original Dixieland Jass Band

b)

Gene Goldkette Orchestra

c)

The Paul Whiteman Orchestra

d)

Wolverines

13.

In 1927, as the stock market soared to record heights, Trambauer and Bix recorded their biggest hit, “

.”

a)

Heebie Jeebies

b)

West End Blues

c)

Dead Man Blues

d)

Singin' The Blues

14.

Which musician that made the biggest impression on Bix Beiderbecke?

a)

Paul Whiteman

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Jelly Roll Morton

d)

King Oliver

15.

In which city was Bix Beiderbecke born?

a)

Chicago, Illinois

b)

New York, New York

c)

Davenport, Iowa

d)

New Orleans, Louisiana

16.

What was the name of the film in which Bessie Smith performed?

a)

Singin' the Blues

b)

St. Louis Blues