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Test 2

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  Jimmy Lunceford Band
B  Duke Ellington Band
C  Benny Goodman Band
D  Count Basie Band
Question #2
A  FALSE
B  True
Question #5
A  Toured in a limited geographic area
B  played only in large theaters
C  marked their “territory” by street brawls
D  Never traveled at all
Question #6
A  Slow ballads
B  Collective Improvisation
C  Complex written arrangements
D  Head Arrangements
Question #7
A  front phrasing
B  back phrasing
C  rhythmic displacement
D  Scat Singing
Question #8
A  The Red, White, and Blues
B  The Band
C  The Swing Kings
D  The All American Rhythm Section
Question #9
A  Jitterbuggin
B  Dance, Dance, Dance
C  Sing, Sing, Sing
D  In the Mood
Question #11
A  Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm
B  Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians
C  The King Pleasure Band
D  The Rhythm Kings
Question #12
A  Impossible to describe
B  very similar to Lester Young’s
C  darker than Lester Young’s
D  lighter than Lester Young’s
Question #13
A  Little Miss Sassy
B  The Voice
C  Lady Day
D  Sister Girl
Question #14
A  Harry “Sweets” Edison
B  Ben Webster
C  Lester Young
D  Buddy DeFranco
Question #16
A  The Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, NY
B  Cleveland, OH
C  Chicago, Ill
D  Brooklyn, NY
Question #17
A  A complex arrangement requiring many hours of preparation and rehearsal.
B  An arrangement which allows band members to alternate bathroom breaks.
C  An informal arrangement often worked out collectively in rehearsal or even during performance.
D  None of the Above
Question #19
A  Count Basie Band
B  Duke Ellington Band
C  Casa Loma Band
D  Fletcher Henderson Band
Question #20
A  Bass
B  Baritone Saxophone
C  Tuba
D  Bass Trombone
Question #22
A  drums and saxophone
B  drums and bass
C  drums and tuba
D  drums
Question #23
A  Teddy Wilson
B  Wilson Pickett
C  Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington
D  Fats Waller
Question #24
A  Embraceable You
B  Body and Soul
C  All the Things You Are
D  Darn That Dream
Question #25
A  Lester Young
B  Benny Carter
C  Roy Eldridge
D  Coleman Hawkins
Question #26
A  Clarinetists
B  Clarinetists and bandleaders
C  Trombonists
D  Trumpet players
Question #28
A  ”A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
B  “Object of My Affection”
C  “Thriller”
D  “A Fine Romance”
Question #29
A  Virtuoso scatting abilities
B  Conversational style
C  Acute rhythmic and tonal finesse
D  Emotional/psychological depth
Question #30
A  Ella Fitzgerald
B  Anita Baker
C  Billie Holiday
Question #31
A  Ida Cox
B  Anita O’Day
C  Ella Fitzgerald
D  Billie Holiday
Question #32
A  He was asked to switch to his first instrument, the drum set
B  He was immediately asked to lead the saxophone section
C  He was coached on Hawkin’s style and sound in the hopes that he would adopt it
D  He was celebrated as a fresh new sound
Question #33
A  It features a double time trombone solo at the beginning
B  The tenor saxophone builds in range and dynamics to a climax
C  It’s an outstanding example of big band jazz
D  It established Hawkins as a top clarinetist
Question #34
A  Greenwich Village
B  52nd Street (Swing Street)
C  Brownsville, Brooklyn
D  Hell’s Kitchen
Question #35
A  Los Angeles/New York
B  Chicago/New York
C  St.Louis/Kansas City
D  New Orleans/Chicago
Question #36
A  a Fisk University glee club
B  a tap dancing collective
C  a children’s choir
D  An excellect all female band
Question #37
A  Billy Childs
B  Bill Bailey
C  Count Basie
D  Billy Strayhorn
Question #38
A  Jimmy Blanton
B  James P Johnson
C  Ron Carter
D  Walter Page
Question #39
A  Cootie Williams
B  Ray Nance
C  Bubber Miley
D  Miles Davis
Question #41
A  Jimmy Blanton
B  Jimmy Scott
C  Ira Coleman
D  Walter Page
Question #43
A  use of complex written arrangements
B  riff-based compositions
C  emphasized improvising soloists
D  blues-based compositions
Question #44
A  switch-hitting
B  mixed voicing
C  Antiphonal
D  multi tracking
Question #45
A  Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington
B  George Gershwin
C  Jimmie Lunceford
D  Fletcher Henderson
Question #46
A  Played in a limited geographic region
B  Played for mixed-race audiences
C  Played in Mid-town Manhattan hotels
D  Played a limited number of songs types
Question #47
A  Savoy Ballroom
B  The Funky Butt Club
C  Palladium
D  The Club Alabam
Question #48
A  the jerk
B  the Charleston
C  the Lindy Hop
D  the Bump
Question #49
A  Purpose, Profundity, Perspicacity
B  Practice, Practice, Practice
C  Presentation, Precision, Polish
D  Pot, Practice, Petulance
Question #50
A  an influential critic, band manager, record producer, and talent scout
B  one of the first white big bandleaders to adopt swing
C  a wealthy jazz patron who commissioned several major jazz compositions
D  a prominent disc jockey in New York City