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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 Duke Ellington Band

B Benny Goodman Band

C Jimmy Lunceford Band

D Count Basie Band

Question #2

The Big Band Era is synonymous with The Swing Era

A FALSE

B True

Question #3

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

A Gov

B Prez

C Gates (as in swings like a gate)

D Chief

Question #4

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

A Ron Carter

B Walter Page

C Dave Holland

D Jimmy Blanton

Question #5

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

A marked their “territory” by street brawls

B Never traveled at all

C Toured in a limited geographic area

D played only in large theaters

Question #6

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

A Collective Improvisation

B Head Arrangements

C Slow ballads

D Complex written arrangements

Question #7

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

A Scat Singing

B back phrasing

C front phrasing

D rhythmic displacement

Question #8

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

A The Red, White, and Blues

B The Band

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 Kansas City, Mo.

B New York

C Chicago

D Newark

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 The Rhythm Kings

B The King Pleasure Band

C Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians

D Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm

Question #12

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

A darker than Lester Young’s

B lighter than Lester Young’s

C Impossible to describe

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 Sister Girl

B Lady Day

C Little Miss Sassy

D The Voice

Question #14

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

A Ben Webster

B Harry “Sweets” Edison

C Lester Young

D Buddy DeFranco

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 True

B FALSE

Question #16

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

A Cleveland, OH

B The Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, NY

C Brooklyn, NY

D Chicago, Ill

Question #17

A “head arrangement” is

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 #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 Teddy Wilson

B Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

C William (Count) Basie

D Earl (Fatha) Hines

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 Fletcher Henderson Band

C Casa Loma Band

D Count Basie Band

Question #20

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

A Bass Trombone

B Baritone Saxophone

C Bass

D Tuba

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 piano

B drums

C vibraphone

D saxophone

Question #22

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

A drums and tuba

B drums and bass

C drums

D drums and saxophone

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 Wilson Pickett

C Fats Waller

D Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

Question #24

Coleman Hawkins’ most famous recording was of the song:

A All the Things You Are

B Embraceable You

C Body and Soul

D Darn That Dream

Question #25

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

A Lester Young

B Coleman Hawkins

C Benny Carter

D Roy Eldridge

Question #26

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

A Clarinetists

B Trombonists

C Clarinetists and bandleaders

D Trumpet players

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 “Object of My Affection”

B “A Fine Romance”

C ”A-Tisket, A-Tasket”

D “Thriller”

Question #29

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

A Conversational style

B Virtuoso scatting abilities

C Emotional/psychological depth

D Acute rhythmic and tonal finesse

Question #30

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

A Ella Fitzgerald

B Billie Holiday

C Anita Baker

Question #31

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

A Billie Holiday

B Ida Cox

C Anita O’Day

D Ella Fitzgerald

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 immediately asked to lead the saxophone section

B He was celebrated as a fresh new sound

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

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

Question #33

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

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 established Hawkins as a top clarinetist

D It’s an outstanding example of big band jazz

Question #34

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

A Brownsville, Brooklyn

B 52nd Street (Swing Street)

C Greenwich Village

D Hell’s Kitchen

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 Chicago/New York

C New Orleans/Chicago

D Los Angeles/New York

Question #36

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

A a tap dancing collective

B a Fisk University glee club

C a children’s choir

D An excellect all female band

Question #37

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

A Billy Strayhorn

B Count Basie

C Bill Bailey

D Billy Childs

Question #38

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

A Ron Carter

B Walter Page

C Jimmy Blanton

D James P Johnson

Question #39

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

A Bubber Miley

B Ray Nance

C Cootie Williams

D Miles Davis

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 True

B FALSE

Question #41

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

A Jimmy Blanton

B Ira Coleman

C Walter Page

D Jimmy Scott

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 Grand Terrace Ballroom

C Famous Door

D Studio 54

Question #43

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

A riff-based compositions

B use of complex written arrangements

C blues-based compositions

D emphasized improvising soloists

Question #44

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

A mixed voicing

B multi tracking

C Antiphonal

D switch-hitting

Question #45

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

A Jimmie Lunceford

B Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

C Fletcher Henderson

D George Gershwin

Question #46

Territory bands were jazz or dance bands that:

A Played a limited number of songs types

B Played in a limited geographic region

C Played in Mid-town Manhattan hotels

D Played for mixed-race audiences

Question #47

A Savoy Ballroom

B Palladium

C The Club Alabam

D The Funky Butt Club

Question #48

A the Bump

B the Lindy Hop

C the jerk

D the Charleston

Question #49

What were the three Ps of the Jimmy Lunceford band:

A Purpose, Profundity, Perspicacity

B Pot, Practice, Petulance

C Presentation, Precision, Polish

D Practice, Practice, Practice

Question #50

Who was John Hammond?

A one of the first white big bandleaders to adopt swing

B a prominent disc jockey in New York City

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

D a wealthy jazz patron who commissioned several major jazz compositions

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