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

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