College American The Swing Era Took Place Primarily in What Decade Questions
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Question 12 pts
The style of jazz that Benny Goodman popularized was:
Group of answer choicesChicago jazz
hot jazz
sweet jazz
stride
Flag question: Question 2Question 22 pts
The bebop musician who championed Afro-Cuban music was:
Group of answer choicesDizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk
Bud Powell
Charlie Parker
Flag question: Question 3Question 32 pts
Whose arrangements was the Benny Goodman Orchestra usually performing?
Group of answer choicesJelly Roll Morton
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Fletcher Henderson
Flag question: Question 4Question 42 pts
Compared to the swing style, bebop emphasized more improvisation and less playing from written notation.
Group of answer choicesTrue
False
Flag question: Question 5Question 52 pts
Who was known as the “King of Swing” throughout the 1930s?
Group of answer choicesFletcher Henderson
Benny Goodman
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Flag question: Question 6Question 62 pts
Bebop musicians considered their music to be “anti-commercial.”
Group of answer choicesTrue
False
Flag question: Question 7Question 72 pts
Unlike drummers in the swing style, bebop drummers:
Group of answer choicescreated “clatter” on the snare drum
pushed the soloist with added accents
kept time on the ride cymbal
all three of these answers
Flag question: Question 8Question 82 pts
In the 1940s, singers like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole were called crooners.
Group of answer choicesTrue
False
Flag question: Question 9Question 92 pts
Compared to the swing style, bebop:
Group of answer choicesall of these
was more complex but much less popular
put more emphasis on singers
was more laid back
Flag question: Question 10Question 102 pts
In swing era jazz, riffing was most often associated with:
Group of answer choicesNew York pianists
the Kansas City style
Duke Ellington’s sound
Chicago bluesmen
Flag question: Question 11Question 112 pts
The alto saxophonist whose astonishing improvisations led to the development of bebop was:
Group of answer choicesLester Young
Charlie Parker
Louis Jordan
Dizzy Gillespie
Flag question: Question 12Question 122 pts
Lester Young’s musical approach had a dominant influence on what 1950s jazz style?
Group of answer choicesmodal jazz
hard bop
bebop
cool jazz
Flag question: Question 13Question 132 pts
Bebop emerged during what decade?
Group of answer choices1940s
1920s
1930s
Flag question: Question 14Question 142 pts
The most imitated improviser, and most important saxophonist in jazz history was:
Group of answer choicesCharlie Parker
Lester Young
Ben Webster
Louis Jordon
Flag question: Question 15Question 152 pts
The “Swing Era” took place primarily in what decade?
Group of answer choices1920s
1940s
1930s
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