Music 306 - Introduction to Jazz » Spring 2022 » Chapter 11 Bebop

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Question #1
“Dropping bombs” refers to
A.   playing a particularly dissonant note.
B.   recording a song in a single take.
C.   besting a musician during a cutting contest.
D.   unexpected bass drum explosions.
Question #2
What was the name of the Harlem club that gave birth to bebop through jam sessions?
A.   Minton’s Playhouse
B.   the Cotton Club
C.   the Savoy
D.   Birdland
Question #3
Which alto saxophonist is most closely associated with the origins and development of bebop?
A.   Chu Berry
B.   Charlie Parker
C.   Dizzy Gillespie
D.   Frank Trumbauer
Question #4
Which band did Dizzy Gillespie play with for several years in New York City?
A.   Cab Calloway Orchestra
B.   Duke Ellington Orchestra
C.   Paul Whiteman Orchestra
D.   Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
Question #5
Bebop music was
A.   complex, dense, and difficult to grasp.
B.   each answer shown
C.   music that prized virtuosity.
D.   enjoyed only by a small cult following.
Question #6
Which musician pioneered the now-standard piano trio format (with bass and drums)?
A.   Kenny Clarke
B.   Tommy Potter
C.   Bud Powell
D.   Duke Ellington
Question #7
The tritone is
A.   each answer shown
B.   the same as a flatted fifth.
C.   sometimes called the “devil in music.”
D.   a dissonant interval
Question #8
Charlie Parker’s passing at the age of ______ received little notice in the press, but it inspired fans to scrawl “Bird Lives!” on Greenwich Village walls.
A.   thirty-four
B.   twenty-five
C.   seventy-six
D.   fifty-three
Question #9
The tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon drew inspiration initially from ___________, but later took _________ as his model.
A.   Coleman Hawkins; Lester Young
B.   Coleman Hawkins; Charlie Parker
C.   Dizzy Gillespie; Coleman Hawkins
D.   Charlie Parker; Dizzy Gillespie
Question #10
Dizzy Gillespie was considered the “elder statesman” of bebop because he
A.   had a signature visual style that made him instantly recognizable.
B.   each answer shown
C.   worked for the State Department.
D.   brought his bebop-flavored big band to crowds well into the 1950s.

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