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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?
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Swing
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What aspect of jazz music was it’s most endearing quality?
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danceability
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Which jazz musician topped the charts in the mid-1930’s and became known as “The King of Swing” ?
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Benny Goodman
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Name some of the famous jazz big band leaders of the 1930’s.
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Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Jimmy Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw
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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?
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Benny Goodman - clarinet Teddy Wilson - piano Gene Krupa – drum set Lionel Hampton – vibraphone
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Which singer is widely regarded as the queen of all jazz vocalists ?
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Billie Holiday
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Which jazz big band made its home at the famous Savoy ballroom? Who was its band leader?
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Chick Webb
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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?
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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?
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Count Basie. Kansas City
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Which of the following are contributions made to jazz music by Count Basie and his jazz ensemble ?
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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.”
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Which vocalist did Count Basie hire in 1937?
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Billie Holiday
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This vocalist had a special musical kinship with which saxophone player?
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Lester Young
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On Sunday, January 16, 1938, jazz history was made in New York, twice. How?
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Benny Goodman Band played Carnegie Hall. Chick Webb v. Count Basie at Savoy Ballroom
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Which vocalist, hired by Chick Webb, is considered the greatest female jazz scat singer in history?
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Ella Fitzgerald
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In what way did Coleman Hawkins’ recording of Body and Soul represent a new direction for jazz improvisation?
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Soloing over chord changes, not reinterpreting the melody
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