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| Slaves were allowed to congregate and perform traditional dances from their African homelands here |
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| These groups became the first Jazz units in New Orleans |
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| There were more African slaves brought to North America than there were in Brazil, Spanish America or the Carribean |
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| Scott Joplin & W.C. Hardy |
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| The St. Louis Style of ragtime that took America by storm at the turn of the century were lead by these two black composer/publishers |
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| Because of manumission, by 1800 the number of free blacks outnumbered slaves in the American Hemishpere |
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| A neighborhood set aside for Brothels and gambling |
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| What instrument began to erase the Tuba |
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| Who was the first significant composer of jazz, a famous Storyville artist and Creole pianist? |
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| Who brilliantly utilized special effects like fog, colored lights and wild cosumes, bringing the audience into the performance by immensing them with sound and light from other planets? |
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| Who was the first significant and universally respected white musician often compared to Louis Armstrong in Chicago? |
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| What artist/band leader composer first successfully brought the modal approach to Jazz? |
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| Jaoa Gilberto commonly recorded the music of what Brazillian songwriter, leading the Bossa Nova style to popularity in the 1960's? |
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| Though Miles Davis went on Hard Bop, his 1949 recording with 9 players inspired the Cool Jazz era. What was the name of this album? |
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| What A&R man discovered Billie Holliday, convincing Count Bassie to take her on the road? |
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| What was Thelonious Monk's instrument of expertise? |
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| Bebop was born and lived in what city, in clubs like Minton's playhouse and birdlan |
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| What superb Harlem Rennaisance bandleader made jazz arranging and composition into a fine art? |
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| What was Charlie "Bird" Parker's instrument of expertise? |
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| Hot, Chicago, Stride, Swing, Bebop, Cool, Free, Fusion |
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| List the Jazz styles in chronological order |
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| Which band leader fused Latin Arrangements with bebop in his jazz band, which included percussionist Chano Pozo |
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| In what Jazz style era did a band need a musical arranger and jazz musicians had to be able to read music? |
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5 Saxaphones, 4 Trombones, 4 Trumpets, 1 Guitar, 1 Piano, 1 Double Bass, 1 on Drums
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| What is the standard instrumentation of the Jazz Orchestra? |
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| What West Coast pianist/combo leader became the most popular jazz group of the 1950's, playing tunes in odd time signitures? |
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| What instrument began to replace the Banjo |
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| New York's James P Johnson created a new swinging style of ragtime, What is the piano style called? |
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| The Big Band era marked the 15 year period when popular hits were in the jazz/big band idiom. When did it become a big hit with the Count Bassie Orchestra? |
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| Who was the first significant Jazz soloist, and the first international Jazz star, possibly the most important Jazz musician of all time? |
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| What saxophonist/composer is credited with the first Free Jazz LP in 1960? |
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| large individual solo sections |
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| how did the chicago style of jazz differ from the new orleans hot jazz style |
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| What modern saxaphonist/composer toured with Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, and Dizzie Gilespe, managed a loft session hall and studio in New York, and recently moved to Florida? |
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| The Count Basie Orchestra |
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| What Kansas City Swing band was known for its strong anchoring in the blues and often played their parts from memory instead of charts? |
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| What jazz artist introduced electric guitars with horn like single line solos with Benny Goodman's Orchestra? |
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| What artist has attempted to bring attention to non Fusion and older styles of Jazz musicians through his own playing? |
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| What was Dizzy Gilespie's instrument of expertise? |
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| Which swing era bandleader led a band that included Louis Armstrong as a soloist and was dubbed The Inventor Of Swing because of his arrangements |
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| Which jazz singer was influenced by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong during her youth and was discovered in New York by A & R man John Hammond |
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| What was miles davis' instrument of expertise |
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| Which 1969 album fused rock, funk, and jazz to start a new trend called fusion |
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| Soloists were no longer tied to the chords and meter of the tune |
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| How is Free Jazz different from other styles? |
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| What modern New York saxaphonist is well known outside of jazz for his 20th century classical compositions, his punk hardcore, and modern funk/rock compositions? |
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| What Saxaphonist pushed the art of improvisation to new standards with the Giant Steps and Avant-Garde Lp's? |
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