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MUS 135 JAZZ HISTORY

Listening Directions: Copy and Paste the YouTube Address listed under each question into the top Search bar on the YouTube website. After listening to approximately 30 seconds of the song starting at the beginning, answer the multiple-choice question in relation to that song.

1. What style of Jazz is this song by Miles Davis?

1. a) Avant-garde b) Bebop c) Hardbop d) Cool Jazz
2. What is the first featured solo instrument in this Dave Brubeck jazz standard?

1. a) Saxophone b) Trumpet c) Clarinet d) French Horn
2. John Coltrane plays an unusual type of saxophone in this one. What kind is it?

1. a) Alto b) Tenor c) Soprano d) Bass
2. This great bebop number features famed trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie. What was interesting about his trumpet design?

1. a) built-in mute b) made of copper c) bell pointed upward d. a & b
2. This hardbop number (also referred to as “Soul Jazz”) performed by the messengers and led by Art Blakey features elements of an old precursor style of music that gave birth to jazz. What is it?

1. a) Blues b) Ragtime c) New Orleans Jazz d) Hip-Hop
2. Chet Baker wasn’t only known for his smooth cool jazz voice, but like Louis Armstrong, he was also a gifted ______________ player.

1. a) Guitar b) Clarinet c) Saxophone d) Trumpet
2. After visiting the middle east, Dave Brubeck was fascinated with the differing rhythms he heard in their music and decided to write this song in ____/___ time.

1. a) 4/4 b) 3/4 c) 9/8 d) 7/8
2. What style of jazz is this song led by bandleader, Horace Silver?

1. a) Fusion b) Cool Jazz c) Hardbop d) Bebop
2. Starting this video recording at 3:45 (listen to as much of it as you need to) it features a classical chorus, orchestra, vocal soloists, AND a jazz ensemble with an awesome Saxophone solo. At this point how would you categorize this piece?
3. a) Cool Jazz b) Swing Band c) Jazz/Classical Hybrid d) Avant-garde
4. This song features the amazing alto saxophonist, Charlie Parker. The style of jazz he played alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk features these musical elements:

1. a) fast changing chord progressions
2. b) virtuosic horn playing
3. c) highly improvisatory
4. d) all the above

Multiple Choice (Fill in the appropriate letter on your answer sheet)

11. Milton’s Playhouse is associated with:
12. a) bebop b) hardbop c) cool jazz d) avant-garde
13. Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonius Monk and this person were the key bebop figures:
14. a) Goodman b) Brubeck c) Coltrane d) Parker
15. Charlie Parker was a __________________ player.
16. a) Bass b) Piano c) Saxophone d) trumpet
17. Who’s trumpet was mis-shaped by someone sitting on it?
18. a) Miles Davis b) Charlie Parker c) Dizzie Gillespie d) Chet Baker
19. What major world event was taking place around the time of bebop?
20. a) WWI b) WWII c) Depression d) b & c
21. At 17 years of age, Gillespie invited him on stage to fill in for a sick bandmate.
22. a) Dave Brubeck b) Chet Baker c) Charlie Parker d) Miles Davis
23. This famous trumpeter and singer was the world’s first scat singer by accident when he accidentally dropped the lyrics of “The Heebie Jeebies.”
24. a) Gillespie b) Davis c) Fitzgerald d) Armstrong
25. This composer was known for including some rather interesting instruments in his small jazz ensembles like a tuba and a French horn.
26. a) Davis b) Gillespie c) Baker d) Monk
27. Calm, thin textures, soft dynamics, smoother melodic phrasing, more straight tone in the horns. What kind of jazz are we talking about here?
28. a) cool b) bebop c) hardbop d) avant-garde
29. Dave Brubeck studied music with this famous French composer:
30. a) Debussy b) Milhaud c) Ravel d) Helvey
31. After traveling and performing in some exotic places, Dave Brubeck was influenced to write this song in 9/8 time:
32. a) Blue Rondo b) Take 5 c) Elemental d) La Fiesta
33. He might have been a cool jazz superstar were it not for drugs and jail time:
34. a) Davis b) Baker c) Monk d) Armstrong
35. “The piano ain’t got no wrong notes” is a quote by what jazz musician?
36. a) Brubeck b) Monk c) Parker d) Davis
37. The band “The Messengers” were the poster child of this jazz style:
38. a) Bebop b) Cool Jazz c) Swing d) Hardbop
39. Blues, Gospel, Shuffle rhythm, accents on beats 2 and 4 are all a part of:
40. a) Bebop b) Swing c) Hardbop d) Cool Jazz
41. What societal problem was going on during the hardbop jazz years?
42. a) WWII b) Desert Storm c) Civil Rights d) Korean War
43. He played the alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones among other instruments:
44. a) Davis b) Gillespie c) Armstrong d) Coltrane
45. “Pickin’ the Cabbage” was perhaps his very first jazz composition:
46. a) Davis b) Gillespie c) Monk d) Brubeck
47. Charlie “Bird” Parker’s instrument to which he was amazing at playing was the:
48. a) tenor saxophone b) alto saxophone c) soprano saxophone d) trumpet
49. “Bitches Brew” was a jazz album by which jazz musician/composer?
50. a) Parker b) Coltrane c) Monk d) Davis

True or False (For True – fill in A and for False – fill in B on your answer sheet)

31. Onomatopoeia is how bebop got its name.
32. Bebop jazz is more complex that swing band jazz.
33. Charlie Parker struggled with Heroin addiction.
34. Duke Ellington fired John Coltrane from his band due to drug use.
35. Bebop was a type of jazz you could really dance to.
36. Cool jazz predominantly took place on the East Coast.
37. Bebop and Hardbop were predominantly West Coast Jazz Styles.
38. Dave Brubeck wrote everything from jazz to cantatas to oratorios.
39. Horace Silver and Art Blakey are associated with hardbop jazz.
40. Dizzie Gillespie wrote the afro-cuban jazz song “Manteca.”
41. “Round Midnight” is a Jazz standard written by John Coltrane.
42. “Birth of the Cool” is an album written by Dave Brubeck.

 

43. The use of drugs helped jazz musicians play better and keep their jobs.
44. “Kind of Blue” is the largest selling jazz album of all time.
45. Monk was one of 4 jazz musicians to ever grace the cover of Time Magazine.
46. Jazz fusion combined jazz and rock.
47. Miles Davis was the first jazz artist to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stones magazine.
48. Louis Armstrong starred in a musical written by Miles Davis.
49. Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performed two of Dave Brubeck’s compositions in the late 60’s.
50. Thelonius Monk was a very gifted trombone player.

Have a great Holiday Break! Enjoyed teaching you all! See you on campus next semester! Dr. Wyatt

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