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Early New Orleans Jazz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two major ingredients for jazz?

a)

Rock and Country

b)

Rhythm and Blues

c)

Blues and Ragtime

d)

Ragtime and Swing

2.

What is this drawing a depiction of?

a)

Storyville

b)

French Quarter

c)

Congo Square

d)

Treme

3.

Reorder the following musicians from earliest to latest.

a)

Buddy Bolden

b)

Louis Armstong

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Nirvana

1)
2)
3)
4)
4.

What form of music originated in the Mississippi Delta?

a)

Soul

b)

Blues

c)

Jazz

d)

Ragtime

5.

Which of the following is considered a jazz artist?

a)

Robert Johnson

b)

Charlie Patton

c)

Buddy Bolden

d)

Muddy Waters

6.

The piano was NOT the primary instrument for which musician below?

a)

Scott Joplin

b)

Buddy Bolden

c)

Jelly Roll Morton

d)

Louis Gottschalk

7.

On which street was the French Opera House located?

a)

Rampart Street

b)

Basin Street

c)

Bourbon Street

d)

Frenchman Street

8.

In 1877, the deal between politicians that led to Rutherford B Hayes' presidency also led to what?

a)

the abolishment of slavery

b)

the repealing of Reconstruction policies

c)

the repealing of Jim Crow laws

d)

the end of the Civil War

9.

Who was the first jazz musician/composer to put his music down on paper?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Charlie Parker

c)

Buddy Bolden

d)

Jelly Roll Morton

10.

Jazz was born in what city?

a)

New Orleans, Louisiana

b)

Memphis, Tennessee

c)

St. Louis, Missouri

d)

Chicago, Illinois

11.

Who was considered the first 'boss' of Storyville?

a)

Al Capone

b)

Joe Glaser

c)

Thomas Anderson