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

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