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

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

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