Joe “King” Oliver played which instrument?

What is the form of “Lost Your Head Blues”?

In what city did Louis Armstrong acquire a trumpet (instead of a cornet) and also began building a reputation as a singer?

Posterity has dubbed which singer the “Empress of the Blues”?

Which of the following is known as a jazz vocal technique in which the performer sings short, often bouncy nonsense syllables?

The Original Dixieland Band consisted of how many players?

Who was the talented arranger and composer that Duke Ellington hired?

Which of the following is the earliest musical tradition in the United States?

Which of the nine choruses in “Dippermouth Blues” are more characteristic of the Chicago Jazz than of the New Orleans approach?

When did Robert Johnson make his recordings?

Where was the Gennett studio, where King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band recorded?

Who was responsible for drafting the legislation that created the red-light district known as Storyville?

Which record label did the Hot Five primarily record for?

“Hotter Than That,” recorded in 1927 by with the Hot Five Quintet, joined which guitarist who became, according to biographer James Collier, “one of the greatest jazz records ever cut”?

Why was Storyville closed in 1917?

Which band leader got stranded in Kansas City and eventually played a significant role in developing a “Kansas City” sound?

African singing often incorporates which special vocal device to embellish a word or pitch by setting one syllable to many pitches?

Lillian Hardin stood out from the others in the New Orleans Creole Band for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

The oldest format for blues-singing goes by all of the following nicknames EXCEPT

In the recording of “Dippermouth Blues,” which musician played the clarinet?

The earliest hub of activity for jazz was centered in which city?

All of the following were members of the Hot Five Quintet EXCEPT

Singlehandedly, the sale of Bessie Smith’s records put what struggling record company back on solid financial footing?

Which instrument was NOT in Count Basie’s standardized rhythm section?

A twelve-bar blues form uses which “core” chords?

In 1924 Lillian Hardin became the second wife of ___________.

What is a vamp in jazz music?

During the recording of “Dippermouth Blues,” Bill Johnson called out, “Oh, play that thing!”. Who was he calling to?

Early jazz pianists often used an older popular style, ragtime, as their foundation but subjected it to all of the following EXCEPT

Which instrument did Coleman Hawkins play in “The Stampede”?