Key Figures and Essential Concepts in Jazz History

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  1. This individual is sometimes viewed as the “father” of big band swing: Fletcher Henderson
  2. The practice of pitting one section against another in alternating patterns is called: antiphonal voicing
  3. Which of the following in NOT a feature of Count Basie’s solo style toward the end of his career: Long, complicated melodies in right hand
  4. This Ellington sideman came to be known as the father of the jazz bass solo: Jimmy Blanton
  5. This swing artist was discovered at a talent contest at Harlem’s Apollo Theater: Ella Fitzgerald
  6. The famous nickname given to Billie Holiday by her close friend Lester Young was: Lady Day
  7. The two most prominent alto saxophone players of the swing period were Johnny Hodges and: Benny Carter
  8. Coleman Hawkins’ most famous recording was of the song: Body and Soul
  9. The Jazz rhythm section consists of piano, guitar,___ and ___: Drums, Bass
  10. Earl (Fatha) Hines, Louis Armstrong’s recording partner, developed a piano style that was dubbed: Trumpet Style
  11. A “head arrangement” is: An informal arrangement often worked out collectively in rehearsal or even during performance
  12. Country blues appears to have originated primarily on/in: The Mississippi Delta
  13. In the 1920s the widely acclaimed “Empress of the Blues” was: Bessie Smith
  14. This New Orleans musician is sometimes regarded as the first great composer of Jazz: Jelly Roll Morton
  15. The three major substyles of modern jazz in the 40’s and 50’s were bebop, cool jazz, and ___: hard bop
  16. The most important jazz singer to emerge in the 1940s was: Sarah Vaughan
  17. Which of the following was Charlie Parker’s Main instrument: Alto saxophone
  18. In which important jazz city did Charlie Parker grow up: Kansas City
  19. Charlie Parker’s classic quartet included a young trumpet player named who replaced Dizzy Gillespie: Miles Davis
  20. In 1952 this Birth of the Cool veteran organized a successful piano-less quartet in Los Angeles: Gerry Mulligan
  21. This white arranger was an important collaborator of Miles Davis in the 1950s: Gil Evans
  22. The most imitated pianist in the bebop era was: Bud Powell
  23. Stan Getz, one of the most popular tenor saxophonists in jazz history, had an approach and sound which were greatly inspired by: Lester Young
  24. Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way were Miles Davis albums which ushered in the style called: Jazz Fusion
  25. The ground-breaking album Kind of Blue was recorded by Miles Davis in: 1959
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Swing Era Billie Holiday Charlie Parker Duke Ellington Jelly Roll Morton Count Basie Miles Davis Bebop Jazz History Df Fletcher Henderson Ella Fitzgerald