GSU Scott Jolpin Ragtime Pieces the Swing Era & Characteristic of Jazz Worksheet

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Who is the composer of the ragtime pieces “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”?

Question 2 (1 point)

Louis Armstrong the genius who invented swing feel championed improvisation and led the earliest jazz revolution Dixieland sang and played what instrument?

Question 3 (1 point)

Of all of the sub-genres of jazz and its predecessors discussed so far which of the following is exclusively at piano-based music:

Question 4 (1 point)

Big Bands of the Swing Era usually consisted of all of the following instruments except:

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Which of the following sub-genres of jazz came first?

Question 6 (1 point)

Which of the following is not a basic characteristic of jazz?

Question 7 (1 point)

In what state did Ragtime originate?

Question 8 (1 point)

Louis Armstrong did all of the following except…

Question 9 (1 point)

Duke Ellington was the big-band bandleader at which famous night club in New York City in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s?

Question 10 (1 point)

Choose the supb-genre of jazz that came first according to the timeline chart “History of Jazz”.

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Charlie Parker was the pioneer of which sub-genre of Jazz that’s defining characteristic is that the tempos are very fast?

Question 12 (1 point)

Louis Armstrong the genius who invented swing feel championed improvisation and led the earliest jazz revolution Dixieland sang and played what instrument?

Question 13 (1 point)

Benny Goodman Count Basie and Gene Krupa all helped popularize this dance-friendly sub-genre of jazz.

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In the preview “Born to Be Blue” about West Coast Jazz icon Chet Baker we learn about his heroin addiction and how he lost which body part?

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The masterpiece album let by Miles Davis that created a new concept of playing called “Modal Jazz” is called …

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The musical movement that combined elements of Rock and Roll with Jazz is known as….

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John Coltrane was known for his virtuosity and harmonic acrobatics on what instrument?

Question 18 (1 point)

In The Guardian article “Is Jazz Entering a Golden Age? what jazz singer did Lady Gaga record with?

Question 19 (1 point)

Charlie Parker played which musical instrument?

Question 20 (1 point)

According to the video entitled “Jazz History Lesson: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie” Charlie Parker had a legendary addiction to which chemical?