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Question #1

In its early period jazz provided light entertainment or dance music. By fulfilling a social purpose outside of itself it could be best described as:

A. society music

B. boogie down music

C. functional music

D. art music

Question #2

The word we use to describe the organization of a the musical pulse is:

A. rhythm

B. swing

C. tempo

D. meter

Question #3

The accent of rhythms that ordinarily go unaccented in western classical music is called:

A. tempo

B. syncopation

C. swing

D. meter

Question #4

The form, or shape, of a piece is determined by 3 principles:

A. monophony, homophony, and polyphony

B. melody, harmony, and rhythm

C. texture, timbre, and dynamics

D. repetition, contrast, and variation

Question #5

The "prehistory of jazz" refers to the period just before:

A. the word jazz began to be applied to a musical style

B. the first jazz performance

C. the first jazz recording

D. the first jazz criticism

Question #6

Which early black leader foreshadowed M.L. King by writing in "The Souls of Black Folk (1903) ." . .by every civilized and peaceful method we must strive for the rights which the world accords to men"

A. Booker T Washington

B. Jack Johnson

C. Martin Luther King

D. W. E. B. DuBois

Question #7

After the Civil War, around 1871, African American Spirituals first attracted national and international attention through the triumphant international tour of:

A. Bert Williams

B. Jack Johnson

C. Daddy Rice

D. Fisk Jubilee Singers

Question #8

This type of entertainment, developed in the 1840's, featured white performers in blackface satirically impersonating blacks, joking, singing, dancing, and playing various string and percussion instruments:

A. comedy

B. burlesque

C. minstrelsy

D. musical theater

Question #9

The acclaimed African American composer of "Maple Leaf Rag" was:

A. John Philip Sousa

B. Irving Berlin

C. Scott Joplin

D. Stephen Foster

Question #10

Which of the following describes a key characteristic of the traditional music of West Africa:

A. Frequent use of notation

B. Polyphonic texture

C. Harmonic sophistication

D. Rhythmic sophistication

Question #11

Country blues appears to have developed primarily on/in:

A. The Florida badlands

B. The Mississippi Delta

C. The Texas panhandle

D. The Missouri territory

Question #12

The New Orleans red-light district (prostitution) that provided work for many early jazz soloists and bands was called:

A. The Devil's Throat

B. Hell's Kitchen

C. The French Quarter

D. Storyville

Question #13

According to legend, before the advent of recording, the "first" great New Orleans trumpet king and jazz band leader was:

A. John Robichaux

B. Joe Oliver

C. Buddy Bolden

D. Freddie Keppard

Question #14

Which of the following is true of New Orleans "second line" funeral processions?

A. They featured lively, up tempo music, coming away from the burial site

B. They attracted no spectators

C. They were somber, solemn, low key affairs from start to finish

D. They discouraged improvisation

Question #15

This classic blues diva recorded the first blues recording in 1920:

A. Clara Smith

B. Bessie Smith

C. Will Smith

D. Mamie Smith

Question #16

The first jazz record was made by _______________, in ______________.

A. The Red Hot Peppers/1928

B. The Creole Jazz Band/1923

C. Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper/1922

D. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band/1917

Question #17

This former New Orleans native became famous through his nightly performances at Chicago's Lincoln Gardens Ballroom from 1922 - 1924

A. Joe (King) Oliver

B. Freddie Keppard

C. Jelly Roll Morton

D. Sidney Bechet

Question #18

Which of the following is a standard feature of early New Orleans style?

A. Collective Improvisation

B. Homophonic texture

C. Written arrangements

D. Slow tempos

Question #19

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers was not a regular working band but existed solely to record Morton's published compositions:

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #20

Louis Armstrong's reputation as a pivotal (central) figure in jazz history in large part on his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings between 1926-29

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #21

Prior to a tour of England in the early 1920's when he took up the soprano saxophone, Sidney Bechet's primary instrument was:

A. C melody saxophone

B. trumpet

C. clarinet

D. alto saxophone

Question #22

On New Year's Eve 1913, Louis Armstrong's life changed dramatically when:

A. he got a job with Fate Marable on the Mississippi riverboats

B. Joe King Oliver asked him to join the Creole Jazz Band in Chicago

C. he was sentenced to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys

D. he left New Orleans for a life on the road

Question #23

In 1924 Louis Armstrong married ________________________, who played an important role in convincing him to leave the shadow of Joe King Oliver and take a job with Fletcher Henderson in New York

A. Lil Hardin

B. Alberta Hunter

C. Bessie Smith

D. Fate Marable

Question #24

Around 1926 in Chicago, Louis Armstrong performed nightly with Erskine Tate's Orchestra providing music for silent pictures at the _____________________.

A. The Mann Theater

B. Roseland Ballroom

C. Lincoln Gardens

D. Vendome Theater

Question #25

This pianist, whose career began as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, played a style that was dubbed:

A. trumpet style piano

B. trombone style

C. Harlem Ragtime

D. piano style piano playing

Question #26

The period in American history referred to as "The Reconstruction Period" was America's first attempt at integration. It extended from:

A. 1961-65

B. 1877-90

C. 1914-1919

D. 1865-77

Question #27

The first blues recording, performed by singer Mamie Smith and the Jazz Hounds in 1920, was entitled:

A. Crazy Blues

B. Un Poco Loco

C. Down and Out Blues

D. Down the Dirt Road Blues

Question #28

Which of these players were early drummers:

A. Earl Fatha Hines, Fats Waller

B. Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong

C. Zutty Singleton, Baby Dodds

D. Omer Simeon, Johnny Dodds

Question #29

The musician usually called "The Father of the Harlem Stride Style of piano playing" is:

A. Earl (Fatha) Hines

B. James P Johnson

C. William (Count) Basie

D. Jerry Weldon

Question #30

Which musician is associated with the city of New Orleans?

A. Jelly Roll Morton

B. Willie (The Lion) Smith

C. Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

D. James P Johnson

Question #31

The so-called "Austin High Gang" were high school musicians from which American city?

A. Detroit

B. New York

C. Chicago

D. St. Louis

Question #32

The _______________________ was a far more commonly used woodwind instrument than the __________________ in early New Orleans jazz groups

A. oboe/bassoon

B. clarinet/saxophone

C. violin/viola

D. trumpet/trombone

Question #33

Creoles of Color in New Orleans contributed _________________ to the development of early jazz

A. Blues

B. Ragtime

C. Classical music training

D. syncopation

Question #34

Before the 1880's Congo Square was a place where . . . .

A. New Orleans blues bands played

B. uptown blacks and downtown Creoles interacted socially

C. brass band met for cutting contests

D. slaves and later former slaves performed African influenced music and dance

Question #35

The "Charleston" was a popular dance in the 1920s inspired by the music of:

A. James Janisse

B. Jasper Johns

C. Jay Z

D. James P Johnson

Question #36

The world outside of New Orleans was introduced to "scat singing" in a 1926 recording by Louis Armstrong entitled:

A. Cornet Chop Suey

B. Cake Walking Babies from Home

C. Heebie Jeebies

D. Potato Head Blues

Question #37

This individual started as a young stride pianist from Washington D.C and has come to be known as the greatest composer in jazz history:

A. Buddy Bolden

B. Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

C. Brian Blades

D. Willian Count) Basie

Question #38

This teenage tenor saxophonist from the Fletcher Henderson Band was profoundly affected by (and jealous of) the enthusiastic response of audiences to Louis Armstrong’s hot solo style in the mid 1920’s

A. Young Jeezy

B. Lester Young

C. Trummy Young

D. Coleman Hawkins

Question #39

In the 1920s most white Americans were unaware of black jazz musicians such as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #40

The Harlem Renaissance saw the rise of a young authors like Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Zora Neale Hurston.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #41

Call and response is an often used technique in African and African American musical traditions?

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #42

Duke Ellington’s principal collaborator in the 1920s was __________, who helped him compose such pieces as “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo,” “Black and Tan Fantasy,” and “Creole Love Call:

A. Coleman Hawkins

B. Jelly Roll Morton

C. Bubber Miley

D. Miley Cyrus

Question #43

Tempo refers to the:

A. Speed of the pulse

B. The organization of the pulse

C. the relative shape of the musical phrase

D. the syncopation of the rhythmic pattern

Question #44

In 1964, Louis Armstrong enjoyed his first number one hit. The name of that song was:

A. Hello Dolly

B. Wonderful World

C. It's So Nice

D. Babes in Arms

Question #45

The woman who came to be known as the "Empress of the Blues" in the 1920s and 30s due to her successful recordings and film appearances was:

A. Ma Rainey

B. Bessie Smith

C. Ida Cox

D. Mamie Smith

Question #46

Bix Beiderbecke was an influential ________________________ who played briefly with bandleader Paul Whiteman before dying at the age age of 28.

A. trumpeter

B. trombonist

C. flutist

D. saxophonist

Question #47

One of the first important female jazz soloists played with Joe (King) Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in Chicago. Her name was:

A. Mary Lou Williams

B. Jamie Harden

C. Lil Hardin

D. Mamie Smith

Question #48

The so-called "King of Ragtime" was:

A. Scott Joplin

B. Buddy Bolden

C. James Reece Europe

D. John Robideaux

Question #49

The Plessy v Ferguson case resulted in a landmark Supreme Court Decision in 1896 that codified (made the law of the land):

A. Desegregation

B. Separate but Equal

C. Emancipation

D. Forty Acres and a Mule

Question #50

The Harlem speakeasy that launched the career of Duke Ellington in 1927 was:

A. The Cotton Club

B. The Paramount Ballroom

C. The Mint

D. The Palomar Ballroom

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