MUSC 1236 CH 06 QUIZ – Flashcards
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A sideman is
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any musician employed by a bandleader.
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Bix Beiderbecke was
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a white cornet player from Iowa.
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Coleman Hawkins was an influential soloist on the
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tenor sax.
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During the 1920s, Louis Armstrong recorded with
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Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, and Earl Hines.
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Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke created the "Chicago style." True or False?
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True
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In 1928, Armstrong recorded with this pianist from Pittsburgh, whose single-line improvisations matched his ability to create new melodic lines.
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Earl Hines
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In addition to being a leading exponent of the "Chicago style," Frankie Trumbauer was
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a saxophonist whose delicate solos influenced later black soloists.
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In his later years, Louis Armstrong
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had a number one hit single in 1964 ("Hello, Dolly!"). maintained his old-fashioned "grinning and shuffling" stage demeanor despite its uncomfortable connections to minstrel traditions. shocked the establishment by protesting Orval Faubus's takeover of Central High School.
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Louis Armstrong changed the way jazz musicians improvised by
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performing with a rhythmic energy that was quickly imitated.
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Louis Armstrong grew up
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in a poor neighborhood in New Orleans.
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Louis Armstrong's All Stars
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was a band that played in the New Orleans style that Armstrong played with and led for the last twenty-five years of his life.
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The Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings are influential because they
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feature soloists and highlight individual expression.
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Vocal improvisation that uses nonsense syllables instead of words is called
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scat-singing.
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What did Louis Armstrong learn through his gig on the Mississippi riverboats?
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He improved his ability to read music. He learned to adapt New Orleans-style improvisation to written arrangements. He learned songs outside the New Orleans repertory.
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What was distinctive about Bix Beiderbecke's recording "Singin' the Blues" when it was recorded in 1927?
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It is a slow ballad.
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When individual notes of a chord are played one after another it is called
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an arpeggio.
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When the Swing Era began, in 1935, Louis Armstrong
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fronted his own big band and made dozens of hit records.
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______ is considered by many the most important figure in the development of jazz.
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Louis Armstrong
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_____ was Louis Armstrong's nickname.
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Satchmo
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_______ was known for his legato performance style.
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Coleman Hawkins
