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Nick LaRocca
Cornet
TERM 2
Five jazz Pianists
DEFINITION 2
Fats Wallace, james Johnson, Earl Hines, Jelly roll morton , art
tatum
TERM 3
Louis Armstrong Nicknames
DEFINITION 3
Pops, Satchmo, Dipper mouth, satchel mouth
TERM 4
What instrument did king Oliver Play?
DEFINITION 4
trumpet
TERM 5
Who played cornet in The Original Dixie jazz
Band?
DEFINITION 5
Nick LaRocca
What famous jazz pianist has a theater
named after him in red bank, NJ
James Johnson
TERM 7
Who wrote the composition "the
Charleston"?
DEFINITION 7
James p Johnson
TERM 8
Louis Armstrong in addition to singing also
played..
DEFINITION 8
trumpet
TERM 9
who wrote the compositions "the Jitterbug
Waltz and Honeysuckle Rose?"
DEFINITION 9
Fats Wallace
TERM 10
two major components of early jazz
DEFINITION 10
swing and improvisation
Who was the most popular composer of
military marching band style of music in the
turn of 20th century?
john Philip Sousa
TERM 17
improvisation
DEFINITION 17
ad lib, jam ... jazz musicians always improvise
TERM 18
Ella Fitzgerald
DEFINITION 18
First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.
TERM 19
jazz origins came from
DEFINITION 19
US
TERM 20
What type of jazz is most popular?
DEFINITION 20
Swing and is last American style
Ragtime composers
scott joplin- maple leaf rag- 1913jelly roll morton- did same
song with his twist
TERM 22
Creoles (white and black)
DEFINITION 22
The result of intermarriage created by merging any
combination of French, Spanish and African-American
descent. This race is associated with the New Orleans Delta
area
TERM 23
Joe "King" Oliver
DEFINITION 23
Cornet player from New Orleans. Mentor to Louis Armstrong.
When Storyville closed, he moved to Chicago to establish the
Creole Jazz Band.
TERM 24
Sidney Bechet
DEFINITION 24
Soprano sax and clarinet player. Known as a woodwind
doubler. (Creoles)
TERM 25
Louis Armstrong
DEFINITION 25
Revolutionized jazz by changing it from an ensemble style to
a new form that would allow soloists to individually play their
solo. Also popularized scat singing. "Father of jazz" played
trumpet
