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Final Exam 1) New Orleans is the birthplace of a. ragtime. b. jazz. c. the blues. d. West Coast Jazz. Answer: 2) Who was the premier composer of ragtime piano music? a. Scott Joplin b. Jelly Roll Morton c. Count Basie d. Fats Waller Answer: 3) What happened in 1917? a. Louis Armstrong joined Joe Oliver's band in Chicago. b. The first jazz recording was made in New York City. c. The blues evolved as an art form. d. Miles Davis recorded his historic album Kind of Blue. Answer: 4) Seated in order are big band trumpeters Sarah, Roth, Mark, Judith and David. Which one is the lead trumpet player? a. Sarah b. David c. Judith d. Mark Answer: 5) Which of the following was an important trumpeter to emerge during the swing era? a. Dave Douglas b. Count Basie c. Roy Eldridge d. Coleman Hawkins Answer: 6) Voicing across sections was an arranging technique first used by which swing-era big bandleader? a. Duke Ellington b. Count Basie c. Mary Lou Williams d. Benny Goodman Answer: 7) The 1938 hit tune, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" launched the long and successful career of a. Art Tatum b. Ella Fitzgerald c. Benny Goodman d. Billie Holiday Answer: 8) "Dwee," "she-bop," "bam" are a. syllables used in scat. b. legendary head riffs. c. Latin percussion instruments. d. ride cymbal rhythms. Answer: 9) Which singer was not known for scat singing? a. Sarah Vaughan b. Ella Fitzgerald c. Billie Holiday d. Louis Armstrong Answer: 10) Which of the following styles are examples of modern jazz? a. Early jazz and bebop b. Bebop and cool c. Swing and bebop d. Early jazz and swing Answer: 11) Which musician was considered a part of the West Coast Jazz movement? a. Bud Powell b. Gerry Mulligan c. Charlie Parker d. Bix Beiderbecke Answer: 12) Kind of Blue remains one of the best-selling albums by a. Dave Brubeck. b. Louis Armstrong. c. John Coltrane. d. Miles Davis. Answer: 13) What do Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver have in common? a. They all made use of silence in their improvisations. b. They were all highly influential pianists. c. They were all influential trumpeters. d. They are all prominent figures in the development of cool jazz. Answer: 14) What instrument did Freddie Green, Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall play? a. Piano b. Guitar c. Bass d. Alto saxophone Answer: 15) All of the following are true about the Creoles of Color except a. they took great pride in their European ancestry. b. their music was drenched in the deep tradition of vocal blues. c. they enjoyed a higher social status than black Americans. d. they had a high level of musicianship. Answer: 16) All the following musicians primarily played alto saxophone except: a. Charlie Parker. b. Ornette Coleman. c. John Coltrane. d. David Sanborn. Answer: 17) What is the correct chronological order of these trumpeters? a. Armstrong, Eldridge, Gillespie, Davis, Marsalis b. Marsalis, Gillespie, Eldridge, Armstrong, Davis c. Eldridge, Armstrong, Davis, Gillespie, Marsalis d. Davis, Gillespie, Marsalis, Armstrong, Eldridge Answer: 18) Who was the first important jazz composer-arranger? a. Duke Ellington b. Louis Armstrong c. Jelly Roll Morton d. Bix Beiderbecke Answer: 19) Prods, kicks and 'bombs' are part of the playing technique of jazz a. trumpeters. b. drummers. c. pianists. d. bassists. Answer: 20) The blues is a purely a. African music. b. American music. c. European music. d. Afro-Cuban music. Answer: 21) The first rhythm section in jazz history to swing consistently at any tempo and dynamic level belonged to a. the Count Basie Band. b. the Duke Ellington Band. c. Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers. c. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five. Answer: 22) Which pianist inspired Miles Davis to further explore modal improvisation? a. Art Tatum b. Count Basie c. Bill Evans d. Thelonious Monk Answer: 23) What was the most popular style of jazz during the 'classic period'? a. Bebop b. Cool c. Smooth jazz d. Swing Answer: 24) The early blues contributed all of the following to jazz except a. novel sounds. b. instrumentation. c. standard set of accompaniment chords. d. repertoire. Answer: 25) You are not likely to hear bluesy sounds or the character of bebop in the big band music of a. Maria Schneider. b. Count Basie. c. Duke Ellington. d. Mary Lou Williams. Answer: 26) "Sampling," "mixers," and "looping" are all terms associated with a. cool jazz. b. neo-classical jazz. c. acid jazz. d. bebop. Answer: 27) The Original Dixieland Jazz Band is credited with a. combining elements of classical music and jazz. b. making the first jazz recording. c. launching the stellar career of Louis Armstrong. d. using the technique of overdubbing. Answer: 28) Time Out and Time Further Out were popular albums featuring a. Count Basie. b. Charlie Parker. c. Dave Brubeck. d. Kenny G. Answer: 29) One of the leading West Coast jazz musicians was baritone saxophonist a. Lee Konitz. b. Stan Getz. c. Dexter Gordon. d. Gerry Mulligan. Answer: 30) Comping is a way of playing the a. piano. b. bass. c. drums. d. sax. Answer: 31) All of the following musicians were part of the band Weather Report except a. Joe Zawinul. b. Wayne Shorter. c. Charlie Parker. d. Miroslav Vitous. Answer: 32) Coleman Hawkins is credited with a. introducing the concept of collective improvisation to jazz. b. making the tenor saxophone synonymous with jazz. c. using the technique of voicing across sections in his arrangements. d. establishing the concepts of 'free jazz'. Answer: 33) The legendary pianist Cecil Taylor is closely associated with a. cool jazz. b. bebop. c. early jazz d. free jazz. Answer: 34) Who was the pianist with Miles Davis' mid-60s quintet? a. Bill Evans b. Herbie Hancock c. Thelonious Monk d. Bud Powell Answer: 35) Elements of African musical tastes and traditions were not carried on through a. the blues. b. symphonic music. c. field hollers and ring shouts. d. children's games. Answer: 36) Elements of cool jazz can be traced back to the sounds of trumpeter a. Bix Beiderbecke. b. Louis Armstrong. c. Lester Young. d. Cannonball Adderley. Answer: 37) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie were the three key figures in the development of a. early jazz styles. b. cool jazz. c. bebop. d. fusion. Answer: 38) A-A-B-A is a a. riff. b. form. c. rhythm pattern. d. head arrangement. Answer: 39) Miles Davis led jazz ensembles in all of the styles below except: a. early jazz. b. cool. c. fusion. d. hard bop. Answer: 40) The two primary elements of jazz are a. pitch bends and syncopation. b. syncopation and A-A-B-A form. c. swing and improvisation. d. saxophones and walking bass line. Answer: 41) In A-A-B-A, what section is the bridge? a. A b. A-A c. B d. B-A Answer: 42) Which group of instruments form the rhythm section of an early jazz band? a. Piano, drums, trumpet, clarinet b. Alto sax, trombone, tuba, banjo c. Trumpet, bass, clarinet, guitar d. Drums, tuba, piano, banjo Answer: 43) Lee Konitz performed and recorded with his teacher and mentor, a. Lennie Tristano. b. Miles Davis. c. Gerry Mulligan. d. Stan Getz. Answer: 44) Who led a successful big band during the era of cool jazz? a. Dave Brubeck b. Clifford Brown c. Stan Kenton d. Dexter Gordon Answer: 45) What instrument did Horace Silver play? a. Drums b. Bass c. Alto sax d. Piano Answer: 46) Which trumpeter created his 'signature sound' with the Harmon mute? a. Clifford Brown b. Miles Davis c. Dizzy Gillespie d. Roy Eldridge Answer: 47) "Hello, Dolly" and "What A Wonderful World" were big hits for a. Louis Armstrong. b. Duke Ellington. c. Miles Davis. d. John Coltrane. Answer: 48) All of the following played piano in a Miles Davis ensemble except a. Herbie Hancock. b. Chick Corea. c. Keith Jarrett. d. Tony Williams. Answer: 49) Which musician has a successful career performing in a trio and as an unaccompanied soloist? a. Wynton Marsalis b. Keith Jarrett c. Carla Bley d. Joe Henderson Answer: 50) Which is not a fusion band? a. Return to Forever b. Weather Report c. Jazz Composer's Orchestra d. Mahavishnu Orchestra Answer: 51) Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and Eddie Palmieri are all associated with what style of jazz? a. Latin b. Bebop c. Fusion d. Avant-garde Answer: 52) James P. Johnson, Earl Hines and Fats Waller all played a. trumpet. b. clarinet. c. bass. d. piano. Answer: 53) Louis Armstrong made all of the following contributions to jazz except a. popularizing scat singing. b. creating the jazz swing feeling. c. establishing bebop vocabulary. d. made jazz a soloist's art form. Answer: 54) During the 1940s and 50s, all of the following were well-known jazz artists except a. Louis Armstrong. b. Wynton Marsalis. c. Benny Goodman. d. Duke Ellington. Answer: 55) Which style of jazz often omitted piano? a. Latin jazz b. Swing c. Free jazz d. Bebop Answer: 56) The difference between rock and jazz is that jazz has a. less complex harmony. b. repetitive drumming patterns. c. more electronic instruments. d. more improvisation. Answer: 57) What musician played tenor saxophone on popular bossa nova tunes such as "Girl From Ipanema" and "Desafinado?" a. Stan Getz b. Dexter Gordon c. Lester Young d. Joe Henderson Answer: 58) Billie Holiday is remembered for her a. four-octave vocal range. b. interpretation of lyrics. c. ability to scat at fast tempos. d. operatic tone quality and color. Answer: 59) Drummers were primarily timekeepers who provided a great beat for dancing during the years of a. bebop. b. cool jazz. c. swing. d. avant-garde jazz. Answer: 60) Count Basie's 1930s band was a brilliant example of a. cool jazz. b. fusion. c. Kansas City style jazz. d. Chicago jazz. Answer: 61) Which composer is credited with writing over two thousand compositions? a. Louis Armstrong b. Duke Ellington c. Horace Silver d. Miles Davis Answer: 62) Early jazz and bebop were mostly performed by a. combos. b. big bands. c. vocal ensembles. d. solo piano. Answer: 63) Jazz-rock fusion generally doesn't a. sell a lot of records. b. have an inviting beat for dancing. c. crossover to the popular music market. d. draw on the listener's intellect. Answer: 64) What is it called when a musician spontaneously adds or changes chords while performing a tune? a. Call and response b. Substitution c. Sampling d. Syncopation Answer: 65) Along with Louis Armstrong, who was the other influential trumpeter of the 1902s? a. Earl Hines b. Bix Beiderbecke c. Fats Waller d. Jelly Roll Morton Answer: 66) All of the following statements are true except: a. The evolution of the various styles of jazz reflects the influence of many musicians. b. Throughout the history of jazz, several styles existed at a time. c. A musician may modify her personal style over the course of her career. d. Different styles of jazz reflect a series of negative reactions to previous styles of jazz. Answer: 67) Estelle's solo was two choruses long. This means that she improvised over the a. A-A sections of A-A-B-A form. b. first six bars of the 12-bar blues. c. A-A-B-A form twice. d. entire 12-bar blues once. Answer: 68) Many people easily recognize jazz by all the following sounds except the a. walking bass line. b. tune's chord progression. c. use of the tenor saxophone. d. swing feeling. Answer: 69) New Orleans is not a. a party town. b. the birthplace of jazz. c. the home of Dixieland jazz. d. located at the mouth of the Missouri River. Answer: 70) During the swing era, the banjo and tuba were permanently replaced by the a. guitar and bass viol. b. piano and trombone. c. electric guitar and electric bass. d. baritone saxophone and bass viol. Answer: 71) Swing generally doesn't have a. smooth danceable rhythms. b. collective improvisation. c. big band instrumentation. d. saxophones. Answer: 72) Which of the following was a characteristic of Kansas City style jazz? a. Riffs b. Sampling c. Unpredictable rhythms d. Collective improvisation Answer: 73) Who was "Prez?" a. Roy Eldridge b. William Basie c. Lester Young d. Bix Beiderbecke Answer: 74) The moniker 'queen of scat' easily belongs to a. Billie Holiday. b. Mary Lou Williams. c. Carla Bley. d. Ella Fitzgerald. Answer: 75) Mary Lou Williams was all of the following except a. pianist. b. singer. c. arranger. d. composer. Answer: 76) Which style of jazz is least likely to feature the clarinet? a. early jazz b. swing c. bebop d. klezmer Answer: 77) All of the following are characteristics of bebop except a. excellent technique. b. performed mostly by big bands. c. greater element of surprise in music. d. unresolved lines and phrases. Answer: 78) Which of the following was a prominent bebop pianist? a. Thelonious Monk b. Duke Ellington c. Keith Jarrett d. Earl Hines Answer: 79) Bud Powell a. established the art of comping that pianists still use today. b. composed such tunes as "Cuban Be" and "Cubano Bop." c. mastered the concept of the walking bass line. d. elevated jazz to a soloist's art form. Answer: 80) What great jazz singer emerged during bebop? a. Billie Holiday b. Bessie Smith c. Ella Fitzgerald d. Sarah Vaughan. Answer: 81) The musician who first set the standard for modern jazz was a. Louis Armstrong. b. Lester Young. c. Charlie Parker. d. Miles Davis. Answer: 82) All of the following musicians are associated with hard bop of the 1950s except a. Cannonball Adderley. b. Horace Silver. c. Clifford Brown. d. Herbie Hancock. Answer: 83) Along with Charlie Parker and Lester Young, who was one of the most influential saxophonists in jazz history? a. Kenny G b. John Coltrane c. Stan Getz d. Dexter Gordon Answer: 84) Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylors were pioneers of a. free jazz. b. smooth jazz. c. bebop. d. jazz-rock fusion. Answer: 85) James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Bud Powell and Bill Evans were each very influential a. drummers. b. alto saxophonists. c. pianists. d. trumpeters. Answer: 86) Unlike swing, avant-garde jazz didn't catch on with the general public because it a. had singers. b. was chaotic. c. employed danceable rhythms. d. had big-name artists that drew large crowds. Answer: 87) By comparison with rock, all of the following describe jazz except for a. primarily vocal. b. primarily instrumental. c. more complex drumming patterns. d. longer phrase lengths. Answer: 88) Jazz improvisation combined with R&B rhythms and instrumentation created a. bebop. b. hard bop. c. free jazz. d. jazz-rock fusion. Answer: 89) A traditional jazz ensemble would most likely include a. Fender Rhodes keyboard. b. Fender bass. c. one drummer. d. electric guitar. Answer: 90) The musician who's often credited with 'starting it all' was the late, great a. Duke Ellington. b. John Coltrane. c. Miles Davis. d. 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Final Exam
1) New Orleans is the birthplace of
a. ragtime.
b. jazz.
c. the blues.
d. West Coast Jazz.
Answer:
b
2) Who was the premier composer of ragtime piano music?
a. Scott Joplin
b. Jelly Roll Morton
c. Count Basie
d. Fats Waller
Answer:
a
3) What happened in 1917?
a. Louis Armstrong joined Joe Oliver's band in Chicago.
b. The first jazz recording was made in New York City.
c. The blues evolved as an art form.
d. Miles Davis recorded his historic album Kind of Blue.
Answer:
b
4) Seated in order are big band trumpeters Sarah, Roth, Mark, Judith and David. Which one
is the lead trumpet player?
a. Sarah
b. David
c. Judith
d. Mark
Answer:
b
5) Which of the following was an important trumpeter to emerge during the swing era?
a. Dave Douglas
b. Count Basie
c. Roy Eldridge
d. Coleman Hawkins
Answer:
c

6) Voicing across sections was an arranging technique first used by which swing-era big
bandleader?
a. Duke Ellington
b. Count Basie
c. Mary Lou Williams
d. Benny Goodman
Answer:
a
7) The 1938 hit tune, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" launched the long and successful career of
a. Art Tatum
b. Ella Fitzgerald
c. Benny Goodman
d. Billie Holiday
Answer:
b
8) "Dwee," "she-bop," "bam" are
a. syllables used in scat.
b. legendary head riffs.
c. Latin percussion instruments.
d. ride cymbal rhythms.
Answer:
a
9) Which singer was not known for scat singing?
a. Sarah Vaughan
b. Ella Fitzgerald
c. Billie Holiday
d. Louis Armstrong
Answer:
c
10) Which of the following styles are examples of modern jazz?
a. Early jazz and bebop
b. Bebop and cool
c. Swing and bebop
d. Early jazz and swing
Answer:
b

11) Which musician was considered a part of the West Coast Jazz movement?
a. Bud Powell
b. Gerry Mulligan
c. Charlie Parker
d. Bix Beiderbecke
Answer:
b
12) Kind of Blue remains one of the best-selling albums by
a. Dave Brubeck.
b. Louis Armstrong.
c. John Coltrane.
d. Miles Davis.
Answer:
d
13) What do Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver have in common?
a. They all made use of silence in their improvisations.
b. They were all highly influential pianists.
c. They were all influential trumpeters.
d. They are all prominent figures in the development of cool jazz.
Answer:
b
14) What instrument did Freddie Green, Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall play?
a. Piano
b. Guitar
c. Bass
d. Alto saxophone
Answer:
b
15) All of the following are true about the Creoles of Color except
a. they took great pride in their European ancestry.
b. their music was drenched in the deep tradition of vocal blues.
c. they enjoyed a higher social status than black Americans.
d. they had a high level of musicianship.
Answer:
d

16) All the following musicians primarily played alto saxophone except:
a. Charlie Parker.
b. Ornette Coleman.
c. John Coltrane.
d. David Sanborn.
Answer:
c
17) What is the correct chronological order of these trumpeters?
a. Armstrong, Eldridge, Gillespie, Davis, Marsalis
b. Marsalis, Gillespie, Eldridge, Armstrong, Davis
c. Eldridge, Armstro...


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