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Question #1

The ___________________________ was rejuvenated after a wildly successful concert and album that took place at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1956.

A Jimmy Lunceford Band

B Benny Goodman Band

C Count Basie Band

D Duke Ellington Band

Question #2

The Big Band Era is synonymous with The Swing Era

A True

B FALSE

Question #3

Lester Young was well known for bestowing nicknames to his fellow musicians. Billie Holiday gave him this famous nickname:

A Chief

B Gates (as in swings like a gate)

C Gov

D Prez

Question #4

“Jack the Bear” was a composition and arrangement written by Duke Ellington to feature the extraordinary bass technique of:

A Walter Page

B Jimmy Blanton

C Ron Carter

D Dave Holland

Question #5

Kansas City was the home base for many territory bands. Territory bands:

A Never traveled at all

B played only in large theaters

C Toured in a limited geographic area

D marked their “territory” by street brawls

Question #6

Kansas City Swing emphasized the use of up tempo blues, extended solos, syncopated call and response, and

A Slow ballads

B Collective Improvisation

C Head Arrangements

D Complex written arrangements

Question #7

Ella Fitzgerald set the standard for singers around world with her mastery of the art of:

A back phrasing

B front phrasing

C rhythmic displacement

D Scat Singing

Question #8

Freddie Green played guitar in the Count Basie’s Band in a rhythm section that was called:

A The Band

B The Red, White, and Blues

C The Swing Kings

D The All American Rhythm Section

Question #9

One of the most popular songs of the Swing Era was performed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

A Jitterbuggin

B Dance, Dance, Dance

C Sing, Sing, Sing

D In the Mood

Question #10

The Reno Club, a venue that often featured Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm, was a popular night spot in:

A Chicago

B Newark

C New York

D Kansas City, Mo.

Question #11

This regal big band moved to New York in March, 1937, shed their royal title, and frequently played at a 52nd Street basement club called the Famous Door:

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

Most observers would describe the tone color of Coleman Hawkins’ tenor saxophone as:

A Impossible to describe

B lighter than Lester Young’s

C darker than Lester Young’s

D very similar to Lester Young’s

Question #13

The famous nick name given to Billie Holiday by her close friend Lester Young was:

A The Voice

B Sister Girl

C Lady Day

D Little Miss Sassy

Question #14

Coleman Hawkins’ main rival for tenor saxophone supremacy in the 1930’s was:

A Harry “Sweets” Edison

B Buddy DeFranco

C Lester Young

D Ben Webster

Question #15

In the 1930’s, Kansas City’s defiance of the 1920 federal “Prohibition” on alcohol, in addition to the laws against prostitution and gambling, created an “open” city which attracted musicians from all over the mid and south west.

A FALSE

B True

Question #16

The Savoy Ballroom was an especially important location for dancing located in:

A Chicago, Ill

B Brooklyn, NY

C Cleveland, OH

D The Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, NY

Question #17

A “head arrangement” is

A An arrangement which allows band members to alternate bathroom breaks.

B A complex arrangement requiring many hours of preparation and rehearsal.

C An informal arrangement often worked out collectively in rehearsal or even during performance.

D None of the Above

Question #18

Louis Armstrong’s piano playing recording partner in the late 20’s went on to lead a popular big band in the 30’s that launched the careers of Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan and others. His name was:

A Earl (Fatha) Hines

B William (Count) Basie

C Teddy Wilson

D Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

Question #19

Freddie Green, a member of the All American Rhythm Section, played electric guitar without amplification or solo opportunities in the:

A Duke Ellington Band

B Count Basie Band

C Casa Loma Band

D Fletcher Henderson Band

Question #20

Harry Carney supplied the foundation for the Ellington ensemble sound with his masterful playing of the:

A Bass

B Baritone Saxophone

C Tuba

D Bass Trombone

Question #21

Lionel Hampton was a drummer for Louis Armstrong’s band in the 30’s but he became world famous as a performer on which instrument?

A vibraphone

B piano

C drums

D saxophone

Question #22

The jazz rhythm section consists of piano, guitar, ________, and ________

A drums and bass

B drums and saxophone

C drums

D drums and tuba

Question #23

In 1935, Benny Goodman took the bold step of bringing a black musician into his previously all white small group when he hired pianist______________

A Teddy Wilson

B Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

C Fats Waller

D Wilson Pickett

Question #24

Coleman Hawkins’ most famous recording was of the song:

A Embraceable You

B Body and Soul

C Darn That Dream

D All the Things You Are

Question #25

The two most prominent alto saxophone players of the swing period were Johnny Hodges and _____________

A Benny Carter

B Coleman Hawkins

C Lester Young

D Roy Eldridge

Question #26

Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Woody Herman were primarily known as:

A Clarinetists and bandleaders

B Clarinetists

C Trumpet players

D Trombonists

Question #27

Black, Brown, and Beige, an extended “Suite” that premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1943, was a tone parallel (Program Music) to the history of African Americans was written by:

A Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

B Scott Joplin

C George Gershwin

D Count Basie

Question #28

This 1938 recording made Ella Fitzgerald a national celebrity and fulfilled Chick Webb’s dream of attaining name band status:

A “A Fine Romance”

B “Thriller”

C “Object of My Affection”

D ”A-Tisket, A-Tasket”

Question #29

Which of the following does NOT apply to the singing style of Billie Holiday?

A Emotional/psychological depth

B Conversational style

C Virtuoso scatting abilities

D Acute rhythmic and tonal finesse

Question #30

This swing era singer was discovered at a talent contest at Harlem’s Apollo Theater:

A Anita Baker

B Billie Holiday

C Ella Fitzgerald

Question #31

In 1933 John Hammond discovered this unique 18 year old singer from Baltimore, Maryland at Monette’s Supper Club in Harlem:

A Ida Cox

B Ella Fitzgerald

C Anita O’Day

D Billie Holiday

Question #32

How was Lester Young received in Fletcher Henderson’s band when he arrived to replace Coleman Hawkins in the mid-1930s?

A He was asked to switch to his first instrument, the drum set

B He was coached on Hawkin’s style and sound in the hopes that he would adopt it

C He was immediately asked to lead the saxophone section

D He was celebrated as a fresh new sound

Question #33

Which of the following applies to Coleman Hawkins’s 1939 recording of “Body and Soul”?

A The tenor saxophone builds in range and dynamics to a climax

B It’s an outstanding example of big band jazz

C It established Hawkins as a top clarinetist

D It features a double time trombone solo at the beginning

Question #34

The center for developments in small-group jazz during the Swing Era was _________ in New York.

A 52nd Street (Swing Street)

B Brownsville, Brooklyn

C Hell’s Kitchen

D Greenwich Village

Question #35

White swing took root when white jazz players such as Benny Goodman from the __________ area began fillings spots in ___________ big bands.

A St.Louis/Kansas City

B Los Angeles/New York

C New Orleans/Chicago

D Chicago/New York

Question #36

Which of the following best describes The International Sweethearts of Rhythm?

A An excellect all female band

B a children’s choir

C a tap dancing collective

D a Fisk University glee club

Question #37

The pianist and arranger who became Duke Ellington’s writing partner and principal collaborator was:

A Count Basie

B Bill Bailey

C Billy Strayhorn

D Billy Childs

Question #38

This Ellington sideman came to be known as the father of the jazz bass solo:

A Walter Page

B James P Johnson

C Ron Carter

D Jimmy Blanton

Question #39

One of Duke Ellington’s most popular soloists, perhaps, was trumpeter __________.

A Ray Nance

B Cootie Williams

C Miles Davis

D Bubber Miley

Question #40

TRUE OR FALSE? By the early 1930s Duke Ellington had attained a level of celebrity that somewhat insulated him from prevailing racial stereotypes as evidenced by his first film appearance in “Check and Double Check.”

A FALSE

B True

Question #41

This bass player from the All American Rhythm Section hired Count Basie’s during his early Kansas City days:

A Ira Coleman

B Jimmy Scott

C Walter Page

D Jimmy Blanton

Question #42

Count Basie made his national reputation as the result of radio broadcasts from which of the following 52nd Street New York nightclubs?

A Cotton Club

B Studio 54

C Famous Door

D Grand Terrace Ballroom

Question #43

Which of the following was NOT a typical feature of Kansas City style?

A use of complex written arrangements

B blues-based compositions

C emphasized improvising soloists

D riff-based compositions

Question #44

The arranging practice of pitting one band section against another in alternating patterns is called

A mixed voicing

B Antiphonal

C multi tracking

D switch-hitting

Question #45

This individual is often regarded as one of greatest and most prolific American composers of jazz:

A Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

B George Gershwin

C Fletcher Henderson

D Jimmie Lunceford

Question #46

Territory bands were jazz or dance bands that:

A Played in Mid-town Manhattan hotels

B Played a limited number of songs types

C Played in a limited geographic region

D Played for mixed-race audiences

Question #47

A The Club Alabam

B Palladium

C The Funky Butt Club

D Savoy Ballroom

Question #48

A the jerk

B the Bump

C the Lindy Hop

D the Charleston

Question #49

What were the three Ps of the Jimmy Lunceford band:

A Presentation, Precision, Polish

B Pot, Practice, Petulance

C Purpose, Profundity, Perspicacity

D Practice, Practice, Practice

Question #50

Who was John Hammond?

A a prominent disc jockey in New York City

B one of the first white big bandleaders to adopt swing

C a wealthy jazz patron who commissioned several major jazz compositions

D an influential critic, band manager, record producer, and talent scout

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