Whose lively improvisations led to his or her nickname as the “Jazz Wonder Child”?

A younger cousin to the country-blues style was an approach known by all of the following nicknames EXCEPT

The New Orleans Creole Jazz Band was led by ___________.

In “Lost Your Head Blues,” the piano and cornet were able to lay out a steady supporting foundation in the key of __________.

What is “block voicing” as used in early swing writing?

What extremely popular Louis Armstrong piece introduced scat-singing to many listeners?

The first known “jazz” recording, , was made by the Original Dixieland Band.

All of the following are characteristic of Duke Ellington’s approach to jazz arrangements EXCEPT

The word “blues” has all of the following meanings EXCEPT

The musical, Starlight Express, that spoofed the poetic pattern of blues lyrics was written by

_______ was a nickname assigned to the lead cornet player in many New Orleans combos.

The rock singer ___________________ helped pay for a headstone for Bessie Smith’s grave. It read, “The

greatest blues singer in the world will never stop singing,”

Joe Oliver employs a wah-wah mute in choruses ______________ of “Dippermouth Blues”.