Jazz History Quiz

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What was the genre (style) of jazz which rescued the recording industry and became the defining “popular music” in America during the great depression?	Swing
What aspect of jazz music was it’s most endearing quality?	danceability
Which jazz musician topped the charts in the mid-1930’s and became known as “The King of Swing” ?	Benny Goodman
Name some of the famous jazz big band leaders of the 1930’s.	Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Jimmy Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw
Benny Goodman broke barriers of racial prejudice with his famous jazz trio and quartet. Which instruments were played by the following members of those ensembles?	Benny Goodman - clarinet Teddy Wilson - piano Gene Krupa – drum set Lionel Hampton – vibraphone
Which singer is widely regarded as the queen of all jazz vocalists ?	Billie Holiday
Which jazz big band made its home at the famous Savoy ballroom? Who was its band leader?	Chick Webb
Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young were two famous jazz musicians. Which instrument did they bring to the forefront as a prominent solo instrument in the music?	Tenor Saxophone

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Which band was regarded as the finest big band of the swing era? Who was its leader? From what city were they from?	Count Basie. Kansas City
Which of the following are contributions made to jazz music by Count Basie and his jazz ensemble ?	Bassist: Walter Paige; Guitarist: Freddie Green. Drum Set player, Joe Jones, shifted the heartbeat of the swing time feel from the bass and snare drum to the hi-hat and ride cymbals. Use of syncopation. Instituted the idea of “head arrangements,” as starting points from which extended improvisations could develop. As a pianist, Count Basie used a style which featured an economy of notes, whereby, “even a single note can swing.”
Which vocalist did Count Basie hire in 1937?	Billie Holiday
This vocalist had a special musical kinship with which saxophone player?	Lester Young
On Sunday, January 16, 1938, jazz history was made in New York, twice. How?	Benny Goodman Band played Carnegie Hall. Chick Webb v. Count Basie at Savoy Ballroom
Which vocalist, hired by Chick Webb, is considered the greatest female jazz scat singer in history?	Ella Fitzgerald
In what way did Coleman Hawkins’ recording of Body and Soul represent a new direction for jazz improvisation?	Soloing over chord changes, not reinterpreting the melody