Classic Jazz Music
Instructions: Jazz legends, standards, and the golden age of jazz
- 1.
Which trumpeter was known as 'Satchmo' and recorded the iconic 'What a Wonderful World'?
ADizzy GillespieBMiles DavisCLouis ArmstrongDChet Baker - 2.
What instrument did Duke Ellington primarily play?
ASaxophoneBPianoCTrumpetDClarinet - 3.
Which jazz singer was known as 'Lady Day'?
ANina SimoneBSarah VaughanCBillie HolidayDElla Fitzgerald - 4.
Miles Davis's 1959 album 'Kind of Blue' is considered a landmark in which style of jazz?
ADixielandBFree jazzCBebopDModal jazz - 5.
Which clarinetist led one of the most popular swing bands of the 1930s and was known as the 'King of Swing'?
AWoody HermanBJimmy DorseyCArtie ShawDBenny Goodman - 6.
What New Orleans neighborhood is widely considered the birthplace of jazz?
AThe French QuarterBStoryvilleCThe Garden DistrictDTremé - 7.
Ella Fitzgerald was famous for which vocal technique that involves singing improvised melodies with nonsense syllables?
AScat singingBFalsettoCVibratoDYodeling - 8.
Which saxophonist recorded the influential bebop album 'A Love Supreme' in 1965?
ACharlie ParkerBJohn ColtraneCColeman HawkinsDSonny Rollins - 9.
The Cotton Club, a famous jazz venue in the 1920s and 1930s, was located in which New York City neighborhood?
AGreenwich VillageBHarlemCBrooklyn HeightsDTimes Square - 10.
Which pianist and composer wrote 'Take the A Train,' the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra?
AArt TatumBCount BasieCThelonious MonkDBilly Strayhorn - 11.
What was the name of the jazz era of the 1920s, often associated with flappers and prohibition?
AThe Swing EraBThe Cool PeriodCThe Bebop RevolutionDThe Jazz Age - 12.
Which jazz trumpeter was known for his puffed-out cheeks and bent trumpet, and helped pioneer bebop?
ALee MorganBDizzy GillespieCFreddie HubbardDClifford Brown - 13.
Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' is written in what unusual time signature?
A7/8 timeB5/4 timeC3/4 timeD6/8 time - 14.
Which singer, known as 'The First Lady of Song,' won 13 Grammy Awards and was celebrated for her Songbook albums?
APeggy LeeBAnita O'DayCElla FitzgeraldDDinah Washington - 15.
Which famous jazz festival, held annually in Rhode Island since 1954, is one of the oldest in the world?
ANew Orleans Jazz FestBNewport Jazz FestivalCMonterey Jazz FestivalDMontreal Jazz Festival