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Jazz Music: Key Figures, Instruments, and Styles, Quizzes of Jazz music

Definitions and information about key figures, instruments, nicknames, and styles in early jazz music. Learn about the contributions of artists like louis armstrong, fats wallace, earl hines, and more. Discover the origins of jazz in the us and its evolution into swing.

Typology: Quizzes

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Nick LaRocca
DEFINITION 1
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
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Who played cornet in The Original Dixie jazz
Band?
DEFINITION 5
Nick LaRocca
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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