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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.
boogie down music
B.
society music
C.
art music
D.
functional music
Question #2
The word we use to describe the organization of a the musical pulse is:
A.
swing
B.
tempo
C.
meter
D.
rhythm
Question #3
The accent of rhythms that ordinarily go unaccented in western classical music is called:
A.
tempo
B.
swing
C.
meter
D.
syncopation
Question #4
The form, or shape, of a piece is determined by 3 principles:
A.
repetition, contrast, and variation
B.
melody, harmony, and rhythm
C.
monophony, homophony, and polyphony
D.
texture, timbre, and dynamics
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 criticism
D.
the first jazz recording
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.
W. E. B. DuBois
C.
Martin Luther King
D.
Jack Johnson
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.
Daddy Rice
C.
Fisk Jubilee Singers
D.
Jack Johnson
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.
burlesque
B.
minstrelsy
C.
musical theater
D.
comedy
Question #9
The acclaimed African American composer of "Maple Leaf Rag" was:
A.
Irving Berlin
B.
Stephen Foster
C.
Scott Joplin
D.
John Philip Sousa
Question #10
Which of the following describes a key characteristic of the traditional music of West Africa:
A.
Harmonic sophistication
B.
Rhythmic sophistication
C.
Polyphonic texture
D.
Frequent use of notation
Question #11
Country blues appears to have developed primarily on/in:
A.
The Texas panhandle
B.
The Missouri territory
C.
The Mississippi Delta
D.
The Florida badlands
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.
The French Quarter
C.
Storyville
D.
Hell's Kitchen
Question #13
According to legend, before the advent of recording, the "first" great New Orleans trumpet king and jazz band leader was:
A.
Buddy Bolden
B.
John Robichaux
C.
Freddie Keppard
D.
Joe Oliver
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 discouraged improvisation
C.
They attracted no spectators
D.
They were somber, solemn, low key affairs from start to finish
Question #15
This classic blues diva recorded the first blues recording in 1920:
A.
Bessie Smith
B.
Mamie Smith
C.
Will Smith
D.
Clara Smith
Question #16
The first jazz record was made by _______________, in ______________.
A.
Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper/1922
B.
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band/1917
C.
The Red Hot Peppers/1928
D.
The Creole Jazz Band/1923
Question #17
This former New Orleans native became famous through his nightly performances at Chicago's Lincoln Gardens Ballroom from 1922 - 1924
A.
Freddie Keppard
B.
Sidney Bechet
C.
Jelly Roll Morton
D.
Joe (King) Oliver
Question #18
Which of the following is a standard feature of early New Orleans style?
A.
Homophonic texture
B.
Written arrangements
C.
Collective Improvisation
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.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
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.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
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.
trumpet
B.
C melody saxophone
C.
clarinet
D.
alto saxophone
Question #22
On New Year's Eve 1913, Louis Armstrong's life changed dramatically when:
A.
Joe King Oliver asked him to join the Creole Jazz Band in Chicago
B.
he left New Orleans for a life on the road
C.
he got a job with Fate Marable on the Mississippi riverboats
D.
he was sentenced to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys
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.
Bessie Smith
B.
Lil Hardin
C.
Alberta Hunter
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.
Roseland Ballroom
B.
Lincoln Gardens
C.
The Mann Theater
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.
piano style piano playing
C.
trombone style
D.
Harlem Ragtime
Question #26
The period in American history referred to as "The Reconstruction Period" was America's first attempt at integration. It extended from:
A.
1865-77
B.
1914-1919
C.
1877-90
D.
1961-65
Question #27
The first blues recording, performed by singer Mamie Smith and the Jazz Hounds in 1920, was entitled:
A.
Un Poco Loco
B.
Down and Out Blues
C.
Crazy Blues
D.
Down the Dirt Road Blues
Question #28
Which of these players were early drummers:
A.
Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong
B.
Omer Simeon, Johnny Dodds
C.
Earl Fatha Hines, Fats Waller
D.
Zutty Singleton, Baby Dodds
Question #29
The musician usually called "The Father of the Harlem Stride Style of piano playing" is:
A.
Jerry Weldon
B.
William (Count) Basie
C.
Earl (Fatha) Hines
D.
James P Johnson
Question #30
Which musician is associated with the city of New Orleans?
A.
Jelly Roll Morton
B.
James P Johnson
C.
Willie (The Lion) Smith
D.
Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington
Question #31
The so-called "Austin High Gang" were high school musicians from which American city?
A.
Detroit
B.
Chicago
C.
New York
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.
violin/viola
C.
trumpet/trombone
D.
clarinet/saxophone
Question #33
Creoles of Color in New Orleans contributed _________________ to the development of early jazz
A.
Ragtime
B.
Classical music training
C.
Blues
D.
syncopation
Question #34
Before the 1880's Congo Square was a place where . . . .
A.
slaves and later former slaves performed African influenced music and dance
B.
New Orleans blues bands played
C.
uptown blacks and downtown Creoles interacted socially
D.
brass band met for cutting contests
Question #35
The "Charleston" was a popular dance in the 1920s inspired by the music of:
A.
Jay Z
B.
James Janisse
C.
James P Johnson
D.
Jasper Johns
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.
Potato Head Blues
C.
Heebie Jeebies
D.
Cake Walking Babies from Home
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.
Willian Count) Basie
D.
Brian Blades
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.
Trummy Young
B.
Lester Young
C.
Coleman Hawkins
D.
Young Jeezy
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.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #41
Call and response is an often used technique in African and African American musical traditions?
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
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.
Bubber Miley
B.
Jelly Roll Morton
C.
Miley Cyrus
D.
Coleman Hawkins
Question #43
Tempo refers to the:
A.
Speed of the pulse
B.
the syncopation of the rhythmic pattern
C.
the relative shape of the musical phrase
D.
The organization of the pulse
Question #44
In 1964, Louis Armstrong enjoyed his first number one hit. The name of that song was:
A.
Babes in Arms
B.
Wonderful World
C.
It's So Nice
D.
Hello Dolly
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.
Mamie Smith
C.
Ida Cox
D.
Bessie Smith
Question #46
Bix Beiderbecke was an influential ________________________ who played briefly with bandleader Paul Whiteman before dying at the age age of 28.
A.
flutist
B.
saxophonist
C.
trombonist
D.
trumpeter
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.
Mamie Smith
B.
Lil Hardin
C.
Jamie Harden
D.
Mary Lou Williams
Question #48
The so-called "King of Ragtime" was:
A.
Buddy Bolden
B.
Scott Joplin
C.
John Robideaux
D.
James Reece Europe
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.
Forty Acres and a Mule
B.
Desegregation
C.
Emancipation
D.
Separate but Equal
Question #50
The Harlem speakeasy that launched the career of Duke Ellington in 1927 was:
A.
The Mint
B.
The Palomar Ballroom
C.
The Cotton Club
D.
The Paramount Ballroom
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