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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 Duke Ellington Band

D Count Basie 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 Gov

B Chief

C Gates (as in swings like a gate)

D Prez

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 Jimmy Blanton

D Dave Holland

Question #5

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

A played only in large theaters

B Never traveled at all

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 Head Arrangements

B Complex written arrangements

C Collective Improvisation

D Slow ballads

Question #7

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

A rhythmic displacement

B Scat Singing

C front phrasing

D back phrasing

Question #8

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

A The Swing Kings

B The All American Rhythm Section

C The Red, White, and Blues

D The Band

Question #9

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

A Dance, Dance, Dance

B Jitterbuggin

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 New York

B Chicago

C Kansas City, Mo.

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 King Pleasure Band

B Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians

C The Rhythm Kings

D Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm

Question #12

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

A Impossible to describe

B darker than Lester Young’s

C very similar to Lester Young’s

D lighter than Lester Young’s

Question #13

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

A Little Miss Sassy

B The Voice

C Lady Day

D Sister Girl

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 Brooklyn, NY

B The Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, NY

C Chicago, Ill

D Cleveland, OH

Question #17

A “head arrangement” is

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

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

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

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 Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

C Teddy Wilson

D William (Count) Basie

Question #19

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

A Casa Loma Band

B Duke Ellington Band

C Fletcher Henderson 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

B Tuba

C Baritone Saxophone

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 saxophone

B drums

C piano

D vibraphone

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 Wilson Pickett

B Teddy Wilson

C Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington

D Fats Waller

Question #24

Coleman Hawkins’ most famous recording was of the song:

A Body and Soul

B All the Things You Are

C Darn That Dream

D Embraceable You

Question #25

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

A Coleman Hawkins

B Roy Eldridge

C Benny Carter

D Lester Young

Question #26

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

A Trombonists

B Clarinetists

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 George Gershwin

C Count Basie

D Scott Joplin

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 ”A-Tisket, A-Tasket”

C “Object of My Affection”

D “Thriller”

Question #29

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

A Emotional/psychological depth

B Virtuoso scatting abilities

C Conversational style

D Acute rhythmic and tonal finesse

Question #30

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

A Billie Holiday

B Anita Baker

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 Anita O’Day

B Billie Holiday

C Ella Fitzgerald

D Ida Cox

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 celebrated as a fresh new sound

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 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’s an outstanding example of big band jazz

B It established Hawkins as a top clarinetist

C It features a double time trombone solo at the beginning

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

Question #34

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

A Greenwich Village

B 52nd Street (Swing Street)

C Brownsville, Brooklyn

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 Los Angeles/New York

B Chicago/New York

C St.Louis/Kansas City

D New Orleans/Chicago

Question #36

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

A An excellect all female band

B a tap dancing collective

C a Fisk University glee club

D a children’s choir

Question #37

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

A Bill Bailey

B Count Basie

C Billy Childs

D Billy Strayhorn

Question #38

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

A Ron Carter

B Walter Page

C James P Johnson

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 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 Grand Terrace Ballroom

B Cotton Club

C Famous Door

D Studio 54

Question #43

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

A emphasized improvising soloists

B use of complex written arrangements

C blues-based compositions

D riff-based compositions

Question #44

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

A multi tracking

B mixed voicing

C Antiphonal

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 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 Palladium

B The Funky Butt Club

C Savoy Ballroom

D The Club Alabam

Question #48

A the jerk

B the Bump

C the Charleston

D the Lindy Hop

Question #49

What were the three Ps of the Jimmy Lunceford band:

A Presentation, Precision, Polish

B Purpose, Profundity, Perspicacity

C Practice, Practice, Practice

D Pot, Practice, Petulance

Question #50

Who was John Hammond?

A a wealthy jazz patron who commissioned several major jazz compositions

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

C a prominent disc jockey in New York City

D one of the first white big bandleaders to adopt swing

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