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Question #1
Which of the following is NOT the ideological schism between fans of different schools of jazz performance?
A.
Dixieland fans shunning Louis Armstrong’s embrace of popular songs
B.
hard bop fans shunning Dizzy Gillespie as a corporate sell-out
C.
swing fans shunning bebop as undanceable
D.
bebop fans shunning the 1960s avant-garde as noise
Question #2
When did the word “jazz” achieve its present-day historical meaning?
A.
in the aftermath of bop, when the multiplicity of schools made a unifying term necessary
B.
during the Swing Era, when jazz was the nation’s popular music
C.
in the late 1960s, when avant-garde improvisers began denying the influence of jazz
D.
in the 1920s, when New Orleans jazz began to spread worldwide
Question #3
All of the following were creative goals of the Miles Davis Nonet EXCEPT:
A.
warm timbres emphasizing each instrument’s middle range
B.
an insistent pulse for dancers
C.
a balance between composition and improvisation
D.
a more relaxed pace than bebop
Question #4
This arranger’s apartment on 55th Street in New York became an important meeting place for progressive musicians in the 1950s.
A.
Gunther Schuller
B.
John Lewis
C.
Gil Evans
D.
Claude Thornhill
Question #5
Which school of 1950s jazz emphasized heavy, dark timbres; featured tenor saxophone more often than alto; and used an assertive, hard-swinging drumming style?
A.
Cool Jazz
B.
Hard Bop
C.
Modal Jazz
D.
Third Stream
Question #6
Which 1948 change in audio technology enabled musicians to release records with around twenty minutes of music per side?
A.
33 ⅓-rpm microgroove LPs
B.
wire recorders
C.
stereo recording
D.
45-rpm records
Question #7
Which drummer’s band served as a training ground or showcase for many modern jazz musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, Hank Mobley, and Cedar Walton?
A.
Art Blakey
B.
Kenny Clarke
C.
Max Roach
D.
Philly Jo Jones
Question #8
Cool jazz and hard bop are divergent schools that both developed from the shared practices of ________ of the 1940s.
A.
Be bop
B.
Swing
C.
Modal Jazz
D.
Dixieland Jazz
Question #9
Which pianist worked to bring together the baroque polyphony of J. S. Bach and the rhythmic feeling of the blues.
A.
Dave Brubeck
B.
John Lewis
C.
Horace Silver
D.
Lennie Tristano
Question #10
Forward-thinking jazz composers of the 1950s combined modern jazz style with all of the following traditional elements EXCEPT:
A.
short breaks
B.
stride piano
C.
standard jazz and pop themes
D.
classical chamber music forms
Question #11
Which is the most widely recorded of Thelonious Monk’s early compositions?
A.
Epistrophy
B.
’Round Midnight
C.
Hackensack
D.
Ruby, My Dear
Question #12
In 1957, Thelonious Monk played a long engagement at the Five Spot with which important tenor saxophonist?
A.
Charlie Rouse
B.
Ben Webster
C.
John Coltrane
D.
Sonny Rollins
Question #13
What was the political message of Charles Mingus’s “Fables of Faubus”?
A.
It was pro-integration.
B.
It criticized President Eisenhower.
C.
It was pro-communist.
D.
It was pro-women’s rights.
Question #14
Although he composed original works, Gil Evans is known primarily as:
A.
a concert organizer
B.
a pianist
C.
an arranger
D.
a music theorist
Question #15
All of the following are signature aspects of Gil Evans’s arrangements EXCEPT:
A.
sonorous slow-moving chords
B.
a wide range of instrumental registers
C.
generous use of counterpoint
D.
a close musical connection to the harmonies and textures of the original composition
Question #16
George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept forms the basis for which approach to jazz improvisation?
A.
bebop
B.
harmonic substitution
C.
modalism
D.
fusion
Question #17
Thelonious Monk mentored this younger pianist helping to connect him/her to the inner circle of bebop innovators.
A.
Marian McPartland
B.
Bud Powell
C.
Mary Lou Williams
D.
Bill Evans
Question #18
This Miles Davis album popularized the modal approach to jazz improvisation.
A.
Birth of the Cool
B.
Walkin'
C.
Milestones
D.
Kind of Blue
Question #19
Why is Miles Davis considered the most important figure in postwar jazz?
A.
He had a great capacity for change.
B.
He was the most consistent in his musical output over two decades.
C.
He was the most vocal advocate of Civil Rights.
D.
He invented the theory behind modal jazz.
Question #20
Throughout his career, Miles Davis relentlessly experimented with each of the following elements except:
A.
intonation
B.
harmony
C.
instrumentation
D.
melody
Question #21
At age nineteen Miles Davis was hired to record with which bebop figure?
A.
Charlie Parker
B.
Dizzy Gillespie
C.
Max Roach
D.
Thelonious Monk
Question #22
Which of the following is NOT the title of an album recorded by Miles Davis’s first great quintet and released on the independent Prestige label?
A.
Workin'
B.
Jammin'
C.
Relaxin'
D.
Cookin'
Question #23
Miles Davis and Gil Evans conceived of Miles Ahead as an extension and expansion of which earlier recording?
A.
Sketches of Spain
B.
Kind of Blue
C.
The Birth of the Cool
D.
Milestones
Question #24
Which Bill Evans composition, featured on Kind of Blue, makes use of a ten-measure chord sequence with no obvious beginning or ending?
A.
Blue in Green
B.
Freddie Freeloader
C.
Very Early
D.
So What
Question #25
Which John Coltrane composition is considered a test pattern for music students attempting to master fast-moving harmonies?
A.
Giant Steps
B.
So What
C.
Ascension
D.
Blue Trane
Question #26
Which musician served as a primary composer within Miles Davis’s second great quintet?
A.
John Coltrane
B.
Wayne Shorter
C.
Miles Davis
D.
Gil Evans
Question #27
Who was the drummer in Miles Davis' first great quintet?
A.
Philly Jo Jones
B.
Tony Williams
C.
Elvin Jones
D.
Jimmy Cobb
Question #28
Who were the saxophonists on Kind of Blue?
A.
Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
B.
Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan
C.
Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane
D.
Charlie Parker and Lester Young
Question #29
Which John Coltrane album was dedicated to a spiritual higher power, or G-d?
A.
A Love Supreme
B.
Sun Ship
C.
My Favorite Things
D.
Giant Steps
Question #30
What is the original context of the term avant-garde?
A.
military
B.
visual art
C.
theater
D.
philosophy
Question #31
The first wave of avant-garde art was inspired by all of the following innovations EXCEPT:
A.
he devastation of World War I
B.
new technology that enabled rapid communication across long distances
C.
the emergence of African American artists as equal to their white counterparts
D.
the expansion of women’s rights
Question #32
Which of the following titles was NOT used to describe the avant-garde jazz of the 1960s?
A.
anti-jazz
B.
Black Music
C.
free jazz
D.
post-jazz
Question #33
Ornette Coleman’s 1959 residency at this New York club established him as a major player in avant-garde jazz and one of the most divisive figures of the era.
A.
Birdland
B.
The Five Spot
C.
The Village Vanguard
D.
Minton’s Playhouse
Question #34
What was the name of Ornette Coleman's bassist on his 1959 album The Shape of Jazz to Come?
A.
Charles Mingus
B.
Charlie Haden
C.
Scott La Faro
D.
Paul Chambers
Question #35
Before leading his own ensemble, Cecil Taylor trained in what musical idiom?
A.
classical
B.
swing
C.
bebop
D.
blues
Question #36
Which major jazz figure, who had established credentials by mastering bebop, served as an unofficial referee in debates about avant-garde jazz?
A.
Dizzy Gillespie
B.
Bill Evans
C.
John Coltrane
D.
Miles Davis
Question #37
After studying black nationalism and Egyptian history, Sun Ra developed a personal mythology surrounding which planet?
A.
Mars
B.
Earth
C.
Saturn
D.
Mercury
Question #38
In the 1970s, musicians dedicated to free improvisation undertook a mass migration to establish the loft scene of which major city?
A.
Chicago
B.
Los Angeles
C.
Paris
D.
New York
Question #39
What1961 recording captured a thirty-seven minute collective improvisation by a group that Ornette Coleman referred to as his Double Quartet.
A.
Song X
B.
The Shape of Jazz to Come
C.
Free Jazz
D.
Tomorrow is the Question
Question #40
This musician single-handedly made the bass clarinet a significant instrument in jazz.
A.
Sonny Rollins
B.
John Coltrane
C.
Benny Goodman
D.
Eric Dolphy
Question #41
In Chapter 16, the textbook authors define “fusion” as all music situated on the boundary between jazz and:
A.
popular music
B.
gospel music
C.
classical music
D.
world music
Question #42
Which bandleader is most closely associated with “jump” music, which grew into rhythm and blues?
A.
Louis Jordan
B.
Louis Armstrong
C.
Cab Calloway
D.
Lionel Hampton
Question #43
Through his use of bluesy piano chords and a group of background singers, Ray Charles maintained a close connection with which American musical tradition?
A.
gospel
B.
bebop
C.
ragtime
D.
blues
Question #44
Which jazz label released the soul jazz hits “Watermelon Man,” “The Sidewinder,” and “Song for My Father” in the 1960s?
A.
Riverside
B.
Prestige
C.
Columbia
D.
Blue Note
Question #45
Which is NOT a reason why the 1950s are described as a golden age for singers of the great American songbook?
A.
The rise of television helped sustain the careers of established performers.
B.
There were many gifted vocalists.
C.
Singers abandoned jazz and swing styles, updating the songbook with fresh new pop arrangements.
D.
A large repertory of high-quality songs had been created between the 1920s and the 1950s.
Question #46
A.
to blend into the ensemble like an instrumentalist
B.
to perform with perfect rhythmic accuracy
C.
to communicate the meaning of the lyrics through his phrasing
D.
to sing long phrases without breathing
Question #47
Which of the following was an American dance craze based on Cuban music?
A.
all of the answers
B.
cha-cha-cha
C.
mambo
D.
rumba
Question #48
Which is NOT true of clave as used in Cuban music and Afro-Cuban jazz?
A.
It is the foundation for the contrasting rhythms played by the rest of the ensemble.
B.
Clave originated in Cuba.
C.
Clave is the Spanish word for “keystone.”
D.
It is an asymmetrical, two-measure rhythmic pattern.
Question #49
Bossa nova emerged in the 1950s as a new twist on which traditional Latin American tradition?
A.
samba
B.
son
C.
merengue
D.
salsa
Question #50
All of the following contributed to the American embrace of bossa nova EXCEPT:
A.
Touring musicians discovered the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
B.
Saxophonist Stan Getz recorded several bossa nova records after his association with guitarist Charlie Byrd.
C.
Bossa nova’s aggressive rhythms fit the revolutionary spirit of 1960s America.
D.
The Cuban Revolution led to an embargo on Cuban cultural imports.
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