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

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Question #1
Which of the following was NOT a challenge to jazz during the 1960s?
A.   youth culture
B.   electronic technologies
C.   increased expectations of virtuosity
D.   group-focused music making
Question #2
Along with soul music, _________ provided a musical vocabulary that allowed jazz musicians to create a jazz-rock fusion in the 1960s.
A.   rock and roll
B.   folk
C.   funk
D.   rhythm and blues
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.   Herbie Hancock
B.   Miles Davis
C.   Joe Zawinul
D.   James Brown
Question #4
Weather Report was
A.   the most commercially successful fusion group of the 1970s.
B.   the group that brought the bassist Jaco Pastorius to prominence.
C.   a laboratory for new sounds made possible by technology.
D.   each answer shown
Question #5
Which bebop standard did Jaco Pastorius record unaccompanied on the electric bass?
A.   “Donna Lee”
B.   “Salt Peanuts”
C.   “Giant Steps”
D.   “Ko-Ko”
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.   Herbie Hancock
B.   Keith Jarrett
C.   Chick Corea
D.   Joe Zawinul
Question #7
The acoustic New Age music movement was largely inspired by
A.   Weather Report’s 1976 Heavy Weather.
B.   Kenny G’s 1992 Breathless.
C.   Keith Jarrett’s 1975 The Köln Concert.
D.   Pat Metheny’s 1976 Bright Size Life.
Question #8
This genre has its conceptual roots in 1960s rock bands like the Grateful Dead.
A.   jam band
B.   smooth jazz
C.   world music
D.   bossa nova
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.   Hip-hop
B.   Acid jazz
C.   Disco
D.   Trip-hop
Question #10
Which of the following musicians did NOT play with Miles Davis?
A.   Robert Glasper
B.   Herbie Hancock
C.   Chick Corea
D.   John Scofield

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