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Jazz Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which city is associated with the blending of ragtime, marching band music, blues, and gospel that led to Dixieland Jazz?

a)

Chicago

b)

New Orleans

c)

New York

d)

Los Angeles

2.

Dixieland Jazz is also known as "Hot Jazz" or "Traditional Jazz."

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Fill in the blank: A standard dixieland band has a "______" and a "rhythm section."

a)

frontline

b)

backline

c)

chorus

d)

ensemble

4.

Which instruments are typically found in the frontline of a Dixieland band?

a)

Trumpet, trombone, and clarinet

b)

Piano, guitar, and drums

c)

Violin, cello, and flute

d)

Saxophone, tuba, and banjo

5.

What was Louis Armstrong's main contribution to music?

4 lines
6.

Who mentored Louis after he began to gain a reputation as a blues player?

a)

Joe "King" Oliver

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

His uncle

7.

Louis Armstrong popularized a style of vocal improvisation known as ________, where he would make up words and syllables to compliment the music.

a)

scat singing

b)

beatboxing

c)

yodeling

d)

crooning

8.

While it still has some, Smooth Jazz has less _______ than other jazz sub-genres.

a)
rhythm
b)
tempo
c)
melody
d)
improvisation
9.

GENERALLY speaking, smooth jazz tends to have a _____ tempo

a)
moderate to slow
b)
erratic
c)
very fast
d)
fast
10.

What was Grover Washington, Jr's primary instrument?

a)
Piano
b)
Saxophone
c)
Guitar
d)
Trumpet
11.

Grover Washington, Jr's song called _________ features vocals by Bill Withers.

a)
Just the Two of Us
b)
Lovely Day
c)
Ain't No Sunshine
d)
Lean on Me
12.

Which of these Jazz characteristics refers to music made up on the spot without practice?

a)
Composition
b)
Rehearsal
c)
Notation
d)
Improvisation
13.

Which of these Jazz characteristics means emphasizing the "off" beats?

a)
Syncopation
b)
Improvisation
c)
Bebop
d)

Practice

14.

This Jazz characteristic means playing eighth and sixteenth notes unevenly

a)
swing
b)
syncopation
c)
straight
d)
shuffle
15.

This Jazz characteristic means using chords that sound dissonant compared to standard harmony practice

a)

Altered Chords

b)
Melody
c)
Harmony
d)
Consonance
16.

This genre was a precursor to (came before) Jazz

a)
Rock
b)

Funk

c)

Disco

d)
Blues
17.

Match the composer and/or artist to the Jazz sub-genre or precursory genre

a)

1.

Ragtime (Precursor to Jazz)

b)

2.

Dixieland (Jazz subgenre)

c)

3.

Swing (Jazz subgenre)

d)

4.

Smooth Jazz (Jazz subgenre)

e)

5.

Blues (Precursor to Jazz)

18.

Which Jazz sub-genre usually features slower tempo, relaxed rhythms, and a smaller ensemble?

a)

Smooth Jazz

b)

Dixieland

c)

Funk

d)
Bebop
19.

Which Jazz sub-genre normally featured the Big Band, with 15 to 20 musicians?

a)
Swing
b)
Free Jazz
c)
Cool Jazz
d)
Bebop
20.

Which Jazz sub-genre commonly featured an upbeat tempo, one instrument playing the main melody, and a catchy tune?

a)

Dixieland

b)

Ragtime

c)
Cool Jazz
d)
Bebop
21.

The Swing Jazz era was also know as the ___ ____ era.

a)
Rhythm Era
b)
Jazz Age
c)
Swing Band
d)
Big Band
22.

Two dance styles frequently associated with swing are the jitterbug and the _____ ___.

a)
Tango
b)
Charleston
c)
Lindy Hop
d)

Cupid Shuffle

23.

Which term refers to one group of musicians playing a musical phrase and then another group giving a response?

a)
solo performance
b)
musical duet
c)
orchestral arrangement
d)
call and response
24.

What is a riff in jazz?

a)
A riff is a complex orchestral arrangement.
b)
A riff in jazz is a repeated musical phrase or pattern.
c)
A riff is a type of jazz dance.
d)
A riff is a solo performance by a jazz musician.
25.

This term means the climatic tutti section at the end of the song

a)
bridge
b)

shout chorus

c)
verse
d)

soli

26.

What stage name was eventually given to William James Basie?

a)

Duke Basie

b)
Count Basie
c)
Count Duke
d)
Count Billy