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Hint Answer % Correct
What was the genre (style) of jazz which rescued the recording industry and became the defining “popular music” in America during the great depression? Swing
87%
Which vocalist, hired by Chick Webb, is considered the greatest female jazz scat singer in history? Ella Fitzgerald
62%
Which singer is widely regarded as the queen of all jazz vocalists ? Billie Holiday
53%
Which vocalist did Count Basie hire in 1937? Billie Holiday
53%
Which jazz musician topped the charts in the mid-1930’s and became known as “The King of Swing” ? Benny Goodman
51%
Name some of the famous jazz big band leaders of the 1930’s. Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Jimmy Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw
42%
Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young were two famous jazz musicians. Which instrument did they bring to the forefront as a prominent solo instrument in the music? Tenor Saxophone
31%
Which jazz big band made its home at the famous Savoy ballroom? Who was its band leader? Chick Webb
13%
This vocalist had a special musical kinship with which saxophone player? Lester Young
9%
Which band was regarded as the finest big band of the swing era? Who was its leader? From what city were they from? Count Basie. Kansas City
2%
Which of the following are contributions made to jazz music by Count Basie and his jazz ensemble ? Bassist: Walter Paige; Guitarist: Freddie Green. Drum Set player, Joe Jones, shifted the heartbeat of the swing time feel from the bass and snare drum to the hi-hat and ride cymbals. Use of syncopation. Instituted the idea of “head arrangements,” as starting points from which extended improvisations could develop. As a pianist, Count Basie used a style which featured an economy of notes, whereby, “even a single note can swing.”
0%
On Sunday, January 16, 1938, jazz history was made in New York, twice. How? Benny Goodman Band played Carnegie Hall.Chick Webb v. Count Basie at Savoy Ballroom
0%
Benny Goodman broke barriers of racial prejudice with his famous jazz trio and quartet. Which instruments were played by the following members of those ensembles? Benny Goodman - clarinetTeddy Wilson - piano Gene Krupa – drum set Lionel Hampton – vibraphone
0%
What aspect of jazz music was it’s most endearing quality? danceability
0%
In what way did Coleman Hawkins’ recording of Body and Soul represent a new direction for jazz improvisation? Soloing over chord changes, not reinterpreting the melody
0%
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