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WorksheetsMusic Section II
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
In the 1970s, Columbia Records issued a (a) double album set of records devoted solely to Bessie Smith’s performances.
single
three
six
five
Which of the following band leaders became one of the best-known musicians of the twentieth century, composing approximately two thousand pieces?
Tommy Dorsey
Fletcher Henderson
Glenn Miller
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
One of the musicians whose recordings seemed to stand on the cusp between older New Orleans jazz and the newer Chicago jazz was (a) .
“Count” Basie
Louis Armstrong
Fletcher Henderson
Joe “King” Oliver
Who was a crucial ally in developing the block voicing approach in the Fletcher Henderson band?
Johnny Dodds
Buddy Bolden
Billy Strayhorn
Don Redman
Ferde Grofé
Which of the following is a loud, energetic final chorus often in heterophonic texture used as the finale of a jazz piece?
sock-chorus
vamp
riff
tag ending
stop-time
Many of the classic blues vocalists were women supported by fuller accompaniments of either piano or a small ensemble called a (a) .
chorus
ritornello
combo
blue orchestra
Which of the following does NOT express collective improvisation?
heterophony
wordless voice
African terraced percussion techniques
Dippermouth Blues
New Orleans jazz
What instrument did Johnny Dodds play in the Hot Five Quintet?
clarinet
trombone
drums
trumpet
banjo
What musician is playing the piano in "Lost Your Head Blues"?
Joe Oliver
Johnny Dodds
Joe Smith
Honoré Dutry
Fletcher Henderson
What band leader had also gone to graduate school in chemistry?
Tommy Dorsey
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Fletcher Henderson
Joe Oliver
What was the name of the music store in Chicago that hired Lillian Hardin as a song-plugger?
Jones’ Music Store
Remick’s Music
Smith’s Music Store
Bridge Kaldr0
Shar Music
Who played banjo in the Hot Five Quintet?
“Kid” Edward Ory
Johnny Dodds
“Baby” Warren Dodds
Johnny St. Cyr
Bill Johnson
From which Original Dixieland Band piece did Lillian Hardin borrow the “changes” in “Hotter Than That”?
Arthur’s Tavern
Tiger Rag
Livery Stable Blues
At the Jazz Band Ball
Dixieland Jazz Band One-step
An ostinato-like repetition of a motif is called a
stop-time
riff
fill
tag
pedal point
A blues scale may alter which scale degrees?
2 and 7
3 and 6
2 and 6
3 and 7
4 and 7
Whose lively improvisations led to his or her nickname as the “Jazz Wonder Child”?
Joe Oliver
Fletcher Henderson
Lillian Hardin
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
A younger cousin to the country-blues style was an approach known by all of the following nicknames EXCEPT
vaudeville blues
city blues
cast-iron blues
urban blues
classic blues
The New Orleans Creole Jazz Band was led by ___________.
Lillian Hardin
Fletcher Henderson
“Count” Basie
Joe “King” Oliver
“Duke” Ellington
In “Lost Your Head Blues,” the piano and cornet were able to lay out a steady supporting foundation in the key of __________.
A flat
G
B flat
D
E flat
What is “block voicing” as used in early swing writing?
solo improvisation
sections playing the same rhythm and harmonies together
only brass playing
only woodwinds playing
playing without rhythm
What extremely popular Louis Armstrong piece introduced scat-singing to many listeners?
“Skid-Dat-De-Dat”
“When You’re Smiling”
“Heebie Jeebies”
“Potato Head Blues”
“Hotter Than That”
All of the following are characteristic of Duke Ellington’s approach to jazz arrangements EXCEPT
his brass players added various mutes to affect their timbre
he asked his clarinet to play in its lowest register
he used sectional or block voicing extensively
he added wordless voice
he was co-founder of “Latin Jazz”
The word “blues” has all of the following meanings EXCEPT
the music of people
a despondent state of mind
a musical form
a string instrument polish
a style of music
The musical, Starlight Express, that spoofed the poetic pattern of blues lyrics was written by
Stephen Sondheim
Jerome Kern
Stephen Schwartz
Irving Berlin
Andrew Lloyd Webber
(a) was a nickname assigned to the lead cornet player in many New Orleans combos.
Bad
Count
King
Duke
