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Famous Pianists and the Blues Innovation & Fame Sing like Royalty Leaders & Politics In the Mood for some local improvisers? 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 Question 1 - 10 • What instrument is RAGTIME most frequently played on? Answer 1 – 10 • Piano Question 1 - 20 • The melodies in RAGTIME are heavily ___________________? Answer 1 – 20 • Syncopated Question 1 - 30 • Name the composer who was the first to write the BLUES down as a composition to be performed in a concert setting (St. Louis, Kansas City, and Memphis Blues were all his compositions) Answer 1 – 30 • W.C. Handy Question 1 - 40 • We consider DIXIELAND to be early jazz. What city does DIXIELAND originate from? Answer 1 – 40 • New Orleans, LA Question 1 - 50 • Name the DIXIELAND pianist from New Orleans that considered himself the inventor of Jazz. Answer 1 – 50 • Jelly Roll Morton Question 2 - 10 • Who was the bandleader whose band premiered Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin? Answer 2 – 10 • Paul Whiteman Question 2 - 20 • What was the Big-Band leader who was nicknamed “The King of Swing”? Answer 2 – 20 • Benny Goodman Question 2 - 30 • What great TRUMPETER was a creative force in the propagation of Bebop in the 1940’s? Answer 2 – 30 • Dizzy Gillespie Question 2 - 40 • Name the most famous performer and composer of RAGTIME music. Answer 2 – 40 • Scott Joplin Question 2 - 50 • Name two female BLUES vocalists that achieved fame in the early part of the 20th century. Answer 2 – 50 • Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey Question 3 - 10 • Which BLUES vocalist was named the Empress of the Blues? Answer 3 – 10 • Bessie Smith Question 3 - 20 • Which BLUES vocalist was seen in an early music video singing SAINT LOUIS BLUES? Answer 3 – 20 • Bessie Smith Question 3 - 30 • Where was DIXIELAND Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Born? Answer 3 – 30 • New Orleans, LA Question 3 - 40 • Whose band did Louis Armstrong join where he gained fame as a soloist? Answer 3 – 40 • King Oliver Question 3 - 50 • What style of singing did Louis Armstrong create to imitate instruments with his voice (made most popular on his recording of Heebie Jeebies)? Answer 3 – 50 • Scat Question 4- 10 • What song recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band was the first ‘jazz’ song recorded? Answer 4 – 10 • Livery Stable Blues Question 4 - 20 • What post-Civil War period was the BLUES born from, and segregation originated. Answer 4 – 20 • Reconstruction Question 4 - 30 • What great big-band leader featured a skinny, young Italian singer named Frank Sinatra? Answer 4 – 30 • Frank Sinatra Question 4 - 40 • Name the big-band composer who was famous for his elegant style, and colorful writing (he often used colors in the titles of his compositions). Answer 4 – 40 • Duke Ellington Question 4 - 50 • Name the Big-Band leader who played trombone and died, choking in his sleep at age 51. Answer 4 – 50 • Tommy Dorsey Question 5 - 10 • Which popular Big-Band leader and his orchestra performed In the Mood? Answer 5 – 10 • Glen Miller Question 5 - 20 • In the late 1940’s, what style of Jazz developed in New York to break away from the commercial stronghold on swing that was focused on improvisation? Answer 5 – 20 • Be-Bop Question 5 - 30 • Name the trumpet player famous for performing and composing Be-Bop, whose trumpet was at a forty-five degree angle Answer 5 – 30 • Dizzy Gillespie Question 5 - 40 • Name the great saxophonist from Kansas City, MO that was a virtuosic and innovative performer of be-bop in the 1950’s, but died early due to his substance abuse problems Answer 5 – 40 • Charlie Parker Question 5 - 50 • What trumpet player from East St. Louis, Illinois was the pioneer of ‘Cool Jazz’ and frequently performed with a harmon mute (had earlier performed with Charlie Parker)? Answer 5 – 50 • Miles Davis