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Section 1
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Which jazz musician from the bop era became one of Fusion Jazz's greatest innovators
Miles Davis
Which early jazz great was one of the first jazz musicians to travel and work outside the United States and export jazz to other countries
Sidney Bechet
List at least three afro-cuban percussion instruments
Congas, bongos, claves, timbales, guiro, maracas, congas, cow bell
which fusion jazz keyboardist composed "Watermelon Man" in 1962 and later re-recorded it with his band "The Headhunters" in the 70s
Herbie Hancock
What jazz club is the longest running jazz club in history? Where is it located?
Village Vanguard, New York, Grenich Village
The hit me tune, "Birdland" was named after a jazz club celebrating which great Bebop pioneer?
Charlie Parker (nickname Bird)
Which white West Coast based pianist became the leader of a highly successful combo in the 50's whose music began to assimilate other non-western music cultures: Name this combo's most famous jazz "hit". What unusual musical element for jazz at the time did this hit incorporate?
Dave Brubeck, Take Five, visiting Turkey influenced it
Which French violinist was among the first to improvise jazz on the violin? Who was the first violinist to play jazz?
Stephane Grappelli Joe Venoody
How was early jazz received by European classical composers?
accepted and used, embraced
In which countries is jazz still considered controversial today?
some of China, North Korea, and some Middle Eastern Countries
name a European based ethnic music genre that influenced jazz
Gypsy Music- (Jengo Reinhart), Clezmir-Jewish
Which section of a Jazz band was the most affected by the influence of Latin jazz?
rhythm section
Jump Blues was an early predecessor of what pop music genre of the 50's and 60's
Rhythm and Blues
Which jazz magazine boasts a special place in jazz history by being the oldest jazz magazine? In what year was it founded?
1934 Down Beat
which country is considered to be the first to welcome and host American jazz?
Canada
Do Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz draw on similar musical roots to create different musical styles or do they draw on different musical roots to create similar music styles
draw on similar musical roots to create different musical styles
Which technique of New Orleans styled Jazz made a come back during the free jazz movement
collective improvisation
Name three mainstream era drummers?
Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Joe Morello, Max Welch
Describe three main jazz styles of the 50's, in chronological order
1) Bop 2) Cool Jazz (Miles Davis) 3)Hard Bop or Rebop
Which swing era big band leader experienced a comeback that was precipitated by an appearance with his band at the Newport Jazz festival in 1957., during which his saxophonist sideman Paul Gonsalves played a 27 chorus solo.
Duke Ellinghton, Newport Jazz Festival
Give one reason why women were not accepted as equals in jazz?
most of the instruments were considered masculine instruments, main community was clubs and women did not go to clubs especially not alone at that time
What Philadelphia mainstream Jazz Trumpeter died tragically in an auto accident just as his star was in meteoric rise in the 1950's jazz world?
Clifford Brown
Compare free jazz's acceptance in Europe with that in America
Embraced more
which African country boasts the longest and by far strongest jazz tradition on the continent? why?
South Africa because it has been the most socially stable over the years, strong integration
Name 3 important saxophonists of the mainstream jazz era
John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon, Paul Hedman, Cannon Ball Ederly, Ornette Coleman, PAul desmond,
the neo-traditional movement in jazz has been led by which American trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis
Funk grew out of what pop music genre in the 50s and 60s?
Soul
Describe stylistic differences between early European jazz and its American counterpart
European jazz is more precise & American is more primitive sounding not as elegant and more powerful
How were African American musicians who traveled to foreign countries generally treated compared to America?
generally treated much better
No foreign influence on jazz has been more significant and pervasive than which two music cultures?
Latin America and Caribbean
which Duke Ellington jazz standard of the late 1930s incorporating Latin rhythms is the most recorded Latin jazz piece in jazz history
Caravan
Brazilian composer Carlos Antonio Jobim's hit of the early 1960s "The Girl from Ipanema" is an example of what Brazilian dance form
Basa Nova
what fusion rock band of the early 70's recorded the hit song "Birdland"
Weather Report then Manhattan Transit recorded it with lyrics
In which Eastern European country was jazz considered 'decadent bourgeois music' following world war II?
Russia
Name the three most successful "horn" based Rock groups of the 60's and 70's
Blood Sweat and Tears, Tower of Power, and Chicago(Chicago Transit Authority)
what effect did the invention of the Long play recording have on Jazz? During what decade did the invention happen?
increased ability for improvisation, revolutionized jazz, they could do more than 2 or 3 choruses---1950s
Which American jazz combo led by drummer Art Blakey became a training ground for many of Jazz's subsequent innovators of the 50s 60s 70s and 80's:
The Jazz messengers
Which Chinese-born, Japanese race female jazz pianist became a highly successful big band?
Toshiko Ashiyoki
Which Miles Davis' recording of the early 1970's became a model of early Fusion Jazz:
Bitches Brew, Other common: Boplicity, Sketches of Spain. kind of blue, Birth of the Cool
who coined the term "third stream" music and what did it mean
Gunther Schuller- classically trained French horn player: he composed music that was a mixture of jazz music and classical music
Describe briefly the effect the Rock Music industry had on mainstream jazz
it hurt it, it made jazz lose their audience
Which group is considered to be the most influential and innovative ensemble of the Free Jazz movement?
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Were Jazz bands racially integrated earlier or later in Canada than the United States
Earlier
The widely known and enjoyed "Salsa" style is derived in large measure from which country?
Cuba
which dance stands as the centerpiece of afro-brazilian music?
Samba
Define the term "free jazz" and who is considered to be the Spiritual Father of Free Jazzan
jazz that breaks boundaries of tempo (rhythmic structures) and tonality: Father is Ornette Coleman
which jazz vocal groups recording of "Birdland" won a Grammy award in the 1980's.
Manhattan Transfer
What new orleans-based American classical composers music foreshadowed ragtime and the use of Afro-Latin music in jazz
Louis Gottschalck
Cuban Alberto Sakura's 1927 recording of "Shootin the Pistol" on what instrument was one of the earliest Latin jazz recordings of which instrument?
flute
Which virtuosic Rock guitarist of the 1960's became an innovator for other rock musicians with his extended solos, fast melodic runs and controlled "noise" sounds?
Jimmy Hendrix
Section 2
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