Music 306 - Introduction to Jazz » Spring 2022 » Chapter 5 New York in the 1920s

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Question #1
The genre that represented a musical fusion of black folk art and European high culture is called
A.   classic blues.
B.   symphonic jazz.
C.   Tin Pan Alley.
D.   creole.
Question #2
The Paul Whiteman Orchestra
A.   featured a young Bing Crosby on vocals.
B.   each answer shown
C.   premiered Rhapsody in Blue in 1924.
D.   made recordings that sold in the millions.
Question #3
Which of the following musicians did Fletcher Henderson NOT hire in the 1920s:
A.   Don Redman.
B.   Coleman Hawkins.
C.   Duke Ellington.
D.   Louis Armstrong.
Question #4
Tin Pan Alley was
A.   where Fletcher Henderson performed.
B.   the center of the songwriting industry in New York.
C.   each answer shown
D.   home to the Harlem Renaissance.
Question #5
The technique of playing the piano using the left hand to alternate between bass notes and chords is called
A.   Block chords.
B.   Stride.
C.   Walking bass.
D.   Twelve-bar blues.
Question #6
“Rent parties”
A.   allowed stride pianists to make a living.
B.   helped raise funds to pay for housing.
C.   each answer shown
D.   spurred competition between individual musicians.
Question #7
The whole-tone scale has
A.   seven notes.
B.   six notes.
C.   twelve notes.
D.   five notes.
Question #8
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Duke Ellington
A.   each answer shown
B.   applied adventurous jazz writing to popular songs.
C.   solidified the influence of stride piano as a factor of jazz.
D.   clarified the nature of big-band jazz.
Question #9
James P. Johnson was a well-known
A.   bandleader.
B.   Ellingtonian.
C.   stride pianist.
D.   arranger.
Question #10
The movement that celebrated African American literature, art, dance, and theater was known as
A.   the Cotton Club.
B.   the Harlem Renaissance.
C.   Tin Pan Alley.
D.   the Black and Tan Fantasy.

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