Music 114 Quizzes

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Music week 1 - 3 bonus quiz 1. To keep the peace and avoid hurting his fame, Louis Armstrong avoided all issues of race and color in his music and public persona. → false 2. The Count Basie Orchestra's All-American Rhythm Section drew inspiration from musicians like John Coltrane. → false 3. The Original Dixieland Jass Band claimed that King Oliver created jazz and they were playing his music. → false 4. Louis Armstrong directly inﬂuenced the big band era. → true 5. Frank Sinatra was against singing with a big band because it was too loud, and he's an early example of a crooner that didn't need the help of big bands to become famous. → false 6. King Oliver mentored Louis Armstrong and then asked him to move to Chicago and join his band. → true 7. Art Tatum heard two pianists playing at once and believed it to be one person which led to his prodigious technique. → true 8. Clarinetist Benny Goodman led a big band that was the first to integrate black and white musicians on the bandstand. → true 9. Louis Armstrong dethroned the Beatles on the Billboard charts in 1964. → true 10. Bebop-era musicians sometimes thought of Louis Armstrong as an Uncle Tom because he was a great entertainer. → true Week 1 quiz: 1. True or false: jazz was created in Europe. → False 2. ________ is when a musician makes up a solo on the spot. → Improvisation 3. Jelly Roll Morton was the first jazz musician to copyright his original compositions. → true 4. Jazz combines African _______, European ________ and American ________. → rhythms, harmonies, optimism 5. King Oliver is known for (check all that apply): → A. Running a highly successful ensemble. B. Mentoring Louis Armstrong 6. Call and _______ is an important element of Early Jazz. → response 7. Race relations did not play a part in the growth of jazz at all. → false 8. Match the performers with their instruments. → Art tatum : blind pianist ; King Oliver : Cornet ; Sidney Bechet : Soprano saxophone ; Jelly Roll Morton : Bandleading pianist 9. King Oliver moved to Chicago and helped jazz expand from New Orleans. → true

10. Jazz is America's artistic gift to the world. → true 11. All of these kinds of music helped create jazz except for: → (A.) Country music 12. Art Tatum was born in Ohio, blind, played ______ and is widely considered a genius and innovator. → piano 13. Which of these elements is a main aspect of Early Jazz? → "trick" noises changing the typical sounds of instruments. 14. Sidney Bechet lived his whole life in New Orleans. → false 15. Which one of these jazz musicians was an Early Jazz innovator? → B. Jelly Roll Morton 16. Which group claimed to have created jazz? → A. Original Dixieland Jass Band 17. Sidney Bechet played _______ and soprano saxophone. → clarinet 18. Early jazz prominently features swing rhythms and syncopation. → True 19. Which of these instruments are NOT typically a part of Early Jazz recordings? → ﬂute 20. Early jazz was NOT typically performed in this type of venue: → Concert hall Week 2 quiz : 1. Louis Armstrong believed his birthday to be July 4th, 1900. → True 2. Which two jobs did Louis Armstrong have when he was young before he dedicated himself to music? → delivering coal and pimp 3. One of Louis Armstrong's most famous ad campaigns is for Swiss Krissly, where he advertised __________ and he sat on a toilet, saying "Leave it all behind you." → laxatives 4. Armstrong worked for a Lithuanian _____ family as a child, and he wore a Star of David for the rest of his life in commemoration of the kindness they showed him. → Jewish 5. Some younger bebop musicians accused Louis Armstrong with being an Uncle Tom, meaning: → they saw him being excessively obedient to white and popular culture 6. Legend has it that Louis Armstrong could play two hundred trumpet high notes in a row. → True 7. Louis Armstrong's time on the riverboats were miserable and unproductive for him. → False

8. Louis Armstrong's first bands, the Hot Fives and the Hot Sevens, have recordings designated for preservation in the LIbrary of Congress. → True 9. Louis Armstrong was the main jazz musician who spoke out against ________ in schools. → segregation 10. Common aspects of Louis Armstrong's music and attitude include: → positivity, optimism, and joy 11. Louis Armstrong has an airport named after him in his hometown of ________. → New Orleans 12. Louis Armstrong was sent to jail as a 12 year old for: → shooting a gun 13. Louis Armstrong's mentor King Oliver moved to ______ to spread the gospel of jazz to the rest of America and summoned Armstrong to his band there in 1922. → Chicago 14. Which musician did Louis Armstrong play often with during his early career? → King Oliver 15. Louis Armstrong invented ________, which is when you use non-sensible syllables with your voice to improvise. → Scat singing 16. Louis Armstrong's main mentor was ________. → King Oliver 17. When King Oliver moved away and Armstrong replaced him in Kid Ory's band, Armstrong began _______ in addition to his trumpet playing, becoming the main soloist and main attraction of the band. → singing 18. The United States Post Office released a postage stamp with Louis Armstrong's likeness. → true 19. Louis Armstrong's song "Hello, Dolly!" became a #1 hit on the Billboard chart, displacing the Beatles. → true 20. Louis Armstrong was born in a wealthy, well-off family. → false

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Week 3 quiz: 1. Opposing forces in World War II banned jazz from their radio airwaves because: → Jazz symbolized American democracy and freedom. 2. Benny Goodman had his breakthrough performance at Carnegie Hall. → False 3. Strophic Form is when choruses of a song form is repeated over and over throughout the piece. → True 4. Benny Goodman's nickname is The ____________ → King of swing 5. We listened to __________ sing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the Spotify Playlist; they went on to be one of the most successful singers in the world. → Frank Sinatra 6. Match the big band era bandleader with their instrument. → Count Basie : Piano ; Benny Goodman : Clarinet ; Lionel Hampton : Vibraphone ; Glenn Miller : Trombone 7. Advancements in both _______ and ________ helped big bands dominate the swing era. → Radio; Microphones 8. This year is squarely in the big band era. → 1941 9. Count Basie's orchestra contained the All-American Rhythm Section and included guitar, piano, bass and drums. → True 10. A band that exists today that still plays the repertoire of the original band and plays with the same style and nuance is called a _________ band. → ghost 11. A ________ is where all the musicians know the basic melody and structure of the song, and they improvise sections and melodic lines during the performances of the songs. These improvised sections would sometimes become the standard way the song was performed afterwards. → head chart 12. Louis Armstrong's playing style inﬂuenced almost all of the big bands that were to follow it. → True 13. All of these musicians were key musicians of the big band era except: → Freddie Hubbard 14. The big band era began to fade because (check all that apply): → (ALL) - The singers that helped the big bands grow went on to have their own careers. - The composers and arrangers relied on their hits at performances. - The new generation wanted a music of their own. - Venues tried cutting costs by hiring only jazz quartets instead of big bands. 15. The guitarist that anchored the entire Count Basie Orchestra was named Freddie Green. → True 16. There were supposedly trading cards of the members of the most popular big bands. → True 17. Piano is a: → Percussion instrument

18. The Great American Songbook has a form that is typically _______ bars long. → 32 19. Young people in the big band era loved dances such as waltzes and polkas. → False 20. Saxophones are: → woodwind instruments Week 4 quiz: 1. Duke Ellington was also a great _______, turning down a scholarship to pursue music. → Painter 2. After his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, _________ Magazine gave Ellington, and artistic jazz, a cover story, which was very rare at the time. → Time 3. Billy Strayhorn became Ellington's right hand man and could compose, arrange and play piano just like Ellington. → True 4. Jim Crow laws were racist and encouraged segregation in the South. → True 5. Duke Ellington's first band was called: → The Duke's Serenaders 6. Ellington wrote long, extended pieces of music for all of the following people and places except for: → Dwight Eisenhower 7. Edward Ellington's nickname is "Duke" because: → His upper class and stately manner, even as a child, earned him the nickname 8. One of Ellington's first extended works was called Black, _______ and Beige, referencing the different skin tones of African-Americans. → Brown 9. Duke Ellington's first composition was called: → Soda Fountain Rag 10. Ellington composed a thousand pieces. → True 11. The Ellington Effect is: → The combination of highly detailed composition with the equal input of highly accomplished and original sounding personnel. 12. Duke Ellington was born destitute and without prospects. → False 13. About the business side of music, Duke Ellington said: "_____ is music; the ______ is business." → Jazz; swing 14. The Great American Songbook contains dozens of Duke Ellington standards. → True 15. Why did Duke Ellington buy a train car for his orchestra? → To avoid problems at hotels and restaurants in the American South due to racism. 16. Ellington's focus on extended works and suites echoed the European history of symphonies and concertos. → True

17. The proliferation of ______ helped both Ellington and Benny Goodman grow in popularity during the big band era. → Jukeboxes 18. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of: → African-Americans in the 20s and 30s taking pride in who they were as people and artists. 19. Match the famous musician that performed with Ellington with their instruments: → Johnny Hodges : alto saxophone ; Charles Mingus : bass ; John Coltrane : tenor saxophone ; Cootie Williams : trumpet 20. This club had Ellington lead the house band, where he had a weekly radio broadcast and a steady white audience. This club massively contributed to his national stardom. → The Cotton Club Week 5 quiz: 1. Charlie Parker idolized ______ and learned all of his available solos during a period when he practiced 15 hours a day. → Lester Young 2. Bebop musicians wanted their audiences to dance to their music. → false 3. Charlie Parker took a dishwashing job when he moved to New York City so he could hear Art Tatum play. → True 4. Bebop differs from Early Jazz because the focus of bebop is individual improvisation, not the more complicated early jazz group arrangements. → True 5. Characteristics of bebop include: → fast tempos, acrobatic melodies, complicated chord changes and elevated rhythm section interaction with the soloist. 6. Why did Charlie Parker tell his legions of followers to "Do as I say, not as I do."? → Many were using drugs because they believed drugs to be the reason why Charlie Parker could play so well. 7. Count Basie's drummer Jo Jones threw a _________ at Charlie Parker when he got lost improvising on a song at a jam session. → cymbal 8. To an average listener, bebop could sound incoherent, puzzling, dangerous and erratic. → True 9. Charlie Parker's nickname is _______ → Yardbird 10. When 34 year old Charlie Parker died the coroner believed him to be almost 60 due to years of hard living. → True 11. Some writers associated with the Beat Generation that loved and followed bebop are: → Jack Kerouac and Bob Kaufman

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