Music 306 - Introduction to Jazz » Spring 2022 » Chapter 17 Fusion II

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here
Question #1
Which of the following was NOT a challenge to jazz during the 1960s?
A.   group-focused music making
B.   increased expectations of virtuosity
C.   electronic technologies
D.   youth culture
Question #2
Along with soul music, _________ provided a musical vocabulary that allowed jazz musicians to create a jazz-rock fusion in the 1960s.
A.   folk
B.   rhythm and blues
C.   rock and roll
D.   funk
Question #3
In response to changes in the music industry as a whole, ____________ increasingly came to rely on studio post-production, as exemplified by his album In a Silent Way.
A.   James Brown
B.   Herbie Hancock
C.   Joe Zawinul
D.   Miles Davis
Question #4
Weather Report was
A.   a laboratory for new sounds made possible by technology.
B.   the most commercially successful fusion group of the 1970s.
C.   the group that brought the bassist Jaco Pastorius to prominence.
D.   each answer shown
Question #5
Which bebop standard did Jaco Pastorius record unaccompanied on the electric bass?
A.   “Giant Steps”
B.   “Salt Peanuts”
C.   “Ko-Ko”
D.   “Donna Lee”
Question #6
Which musician made his first album as a leader in 1962 with Dexter Gordon as a sideman and “Watermelon Man” as its lead track?
A.   Joe Zawinul
B.   Chick Corea
C.   Keith Jarrett
D.   Herbie Hancock
Question #7
The acoustic New Age music movement was largely inspired by
A.   Kenny G’s 1992 Breathless.
B.   Pat Metheny’s 1976 Bright Size Life.
C.   Weather Report’s 1976 Heavy Weather.
D.   Keith Jarrett’s 1975 The Köln Concert.
Question #8
This genre has its conceptual roots in 1960s rock bands like the Grateful Dead.
A.   world music
B.   smooth jazz
C.   bossa nova
D.   jam band
Question #9
____________ is a form of contemporary music created by DJs in the 1990s, relying heavily on samples taken from jazz recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.
A.   Trip-hop
B.   Acid jazz
C.   Disco
D.   Hip-hop
Question #10
Which of the following musicians did NOT play with Miles Davis?
A.   Robert Glasper
B.   Chick Corea
C.   John Scofield
D.   Herbie Hancock

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here