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

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