Deck 13: Jazz 1930-1960

Question 1

Which is not true regarding jazz arrangements?

A) Arrangements are often written out on paper.
B) Arrangements helped large groups of instrumentalists function effectively.
C) Arrangement allowed little room for improvisation.
D) Arrangements were common in the big band era.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Harlem was not open to white music patrons in the big band era.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

(p.CT)
Jazz was the first music in the Western music tradition to require improvisation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following jazz styles was developed most recently?

A) swing
B) cool
C) bop
D) big band

Question 5

Which of the following jazz legends was not African-American?

A) Count Basie
B) Benny Goodman
C) Duke Ellington
D) Fletcher Henderson

Question 6

Which composer-arranger first introduced Latin American rhythms into jazz?

A) Dave Brubeck
B) Fletcher Henderson
C) Stan Kenton
D) Miles Davis

Question 7

Which of the following did not perform with the others?

A) Charlie Parker
B) Lester Young
C) Thelonius Monk
D) Dizzy Gillespie

Question 8

Which of the following women most defied traditional female roles in the jazz world?

A) Billie Holiday
B) Mary Lou Williams
C) Bessie Smith
D) Ella Fitzgerald

Question 9

Which of the following was not a jazz arranger?

A) Fletcher Henderson
B) Mary Lou Williams
C) Glenn Miller
D) Billie Holiday

Question 10

Hard bop developed as a reaction to cool style.

Question 11

Which of the following styles requires the most demanding,virtuosic improvisation?

A) cool
B) bop
C) big band
D) swing

Question 12

Charlie Parker was an amazing piano virtuoso.

Question 13

Big band music utilized a large string section.

Question 14

The dissonant complexity of post-1940s jazz made it like classical music in that

A) it was always strictly notated
B) it did not feature improvisation
C) it was more amenable to listening than to dancing
D) it was rarely performed at festivals

Question 15

"Big band jazz" and "swing" both refer to the same jazz style.

Question 16

Bebop began as a revolt against

A) the polished, rehearsed big band style
B) the smooth sound of cool
C) the exclusion of black musicians from cool bands
D) the highly improvised style of the 1930s

Question 17

Kansas City jazz featured repeated musical phrases called

A) riffs
B) the walking bass
C) jams
D) charts

Question 18

Cool is often considered a "white" sounding style in the jazz world.

Question 19

Count Basie is most closely associated with

A) big band
B) bebop
C) cool
D) Dixieland

Question 20

Count Basie was a big band leader as well as an arranger.

Question 21

In the jazz world,a piece of music given to band members is called a "chart." Given the structure of jazz compositions,why is this an appropriate term?

Question 22

The complex,dissonant,virtuosic style of jazz introduced in the 1940s was called

A) blues
B) bebop
C) boogie-woogie
D) cool

Question 23

Arrange the following four styles chronologically,and point out any stylistic trends that you notice: bebop,big band,cool,hard bop.

Question 24

Which of the following does not apply to Duke Ellington?

A) jazz composer
B) jazz arranger
C) jazz singer
D) jazz pianist

Question 25

Which of the following is not characteristic of cool?

A) larger band than bop
B) extremely hot rhythms
C) symphonic instruments in the band
D) smooth, calm segments

Question 26

Count Basie was an outstanding

A) trumpeter
B) saxophonist
C) pianist
D) singer

Question 27

Which of the following is not characteristic of bop?

A) improvisation
B) virtuosity
C) mostly written arrangements
D) dissonance

Question 28

A steadily-moving accompaniment pattern in the string bass is called

A) walking bass
B) eight-to-a-bar
C) cadenza
D) ostinato