Music 306 - Introduction to Jazz » Spring 2022 » Chapter 18 Historicism

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Question #1
___________ forms a dialectic between the past and the present, connecting each new undertaking to its predecessors.
A.   Historicism
B.   New Criticism
C.   Criticism
D.   New Historicism
Question #2
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz was compiled by
A.   Gunther Schuller
B.   Bunk Johnson
C.   the Lenox School.
D.   Martin Williams.
Question #3
In addition to leading the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis
A.   assembled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz.
B.   directed the Lenox School.
C.   discovered trumpeter Willie “Bunk” Johnson.
D.   wrote Jazzmen.
Question #4
__________ founded the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954.
A.   John Lewis
B.   Count Bassie
C.   George Wein
D.   Martin Williams
Question #5
Treating older styles as a canon of masterpieces for contemporary performance is known as ___________ jazz.
A.   Classical
B.   historicist
C.   neoclassical
D.   neohistoricist
Question #6
Harry Connick, Jr.
A.   performed with Wynton Marsalis.
B.   combined the vocal approach of Frank Sinatra with the piano method of Thelonious Monk.
C.   each answer shown
D.   resurrected performance styles of the 1940s and 1950s.
Question #7
Which ensemble based on the West Coast is an association of musicians seeking its own path into the jazz repertory?
A.   Jazz at Lincoln Center
B.   Modern Jazz Quartet
C.   SFJAZZ Collective
D.   Michael Brecker’s Timeline
Question #8
Betty Carter was
A.   a vocalist who made a surprising return to jazz in 1969.
B.   a founding member of the Lenox School.
C.   the director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
D.   each answer shown
Question #9
The saxophonist Michael Brecker performed with
A.   John Lennon.
B.   each answer shown
C.   Charles Mingus.
D.   Paul Simon.
Question #10
This pianist has earned nearly unanimous acclaim, demonstrating with wit and imagination the triumphs possible in jazz despite its relatively remote standing in America’s cultural life.
A.   Jason Moran
B.   Harry Connick, Jr.
C.   James P. Johnson
D.   Diana Krall

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