True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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Bebop was a huge, popular music phenomenon that swept the country.
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2.
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Big bands never played bebop, because it was too difficult.
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3.
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Most bebop small groups did not use elaborate written arrangements.
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4.
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Early in his career, Miles Davis tried to imitate Dizzy Gillespie.
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5.
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You could get a pretty comprehensive picture of the development of jazz by
studying Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and Lester Young.
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6.
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Charlie Christian, guitar, and Jimmy Blanton, bass, lived long lives and were
known for many style changes in their careers.
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7.
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In the 1940s many big band musicians became dissatisfied with the amount of solo
space available to them in musical arrangements.
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8.
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Bebop composers often used chord changes from standards and wrote new melodies
for them.
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9.
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Chet Baker was a good-looking trumpet player of the “cool”
style.
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10.
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Miles Davis was a staunch traditionalist who never tried new things.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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11.
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A famous after-hours jazz club in Harlem where bebop was nurtured was:
a. | Minton’s | c. | Cotton Club | b. | Birdland |
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12.
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The nickname given to Woody Herman’s famous late-1940s sax section
was:
a. | Four Aces | c. | Four Freshmen | b. | Four Deuces | d. | Four Brothers |
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13.
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Dizzy Gillespie was not known for which of the following:
a. | trumpet playing | c. | composer | b. | music reviewer | d. | teacher |
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14.
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Many famous bebop musicians had serious, debilitating drug problems. Which of
these musicians did not?
a. | Charlie Parker | c. | Dizzy Gillespie | b. | Tadd Dameron | d. | Miles Davis |
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15.
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Max Roach, who played with Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, played:
a. | alto sax | c. | bass | b. | drums | d. | piano |
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a. |
Lee Morgan | c. | Fats Navarro | b. | Miles Davis | d. | Dizzy Gillespie |
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17.
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 This is an image of: a. | Clifford Brown | c. | Fats Navarro | b. | Miles Davis | d. | Dizzy Gillespie |
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18.
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Which of the following musicians did NOT participate in “The Birth of the
Cool” recording sessions?
a. | Miles Davis | c. | Gerry Mulligan | b. | Gil Evans | d. | Thelonious Monk |
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A swing-era saxophonist who had a light, airy sound and foreshadowed the cool
movement was:
a. | Lester Young | c. | Stan Getz | b. | Charlie Parker | d. | Sonny Rollins |
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20.
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 This is an image of: a. | John Coltrane | c. | Stan Getz | b. | Sonny Rollins | d. | Charlie Parker |
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21.
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A leader of the hard bop and modal movements, who played lead tenor with Miles
and Monk before forming his own group and later moving into free jazz was:
a. | Charlie Parker | c. | John Coltrane | b. | Sonny Rollins | d. | Stan Getz |
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22.
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Billy Eckstein’s band was popular, in part, because of singer:
a. | Ma Rainey | c. | Sarah Vaughn | b. | Diana Krall | d. | Cab Calloway |
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There are very few photos and film clips of Charlie Parker today because:
a. | he was shy | c. | he died at the age of 35 | b. | his wife
wouldn’t allow it | d. | it
was not permitted by his religion |
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24.
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Supersax is a group of saxophonists who:
a. | play louder than anyone else | c. | play harmonizations of Charlie
Parker’s solos | b. | play harmonizations of Dizzy Gillespie’s
solos | d. | play harmonizations
of Tadd Dameron’s solos |
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25.
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Which of the following was NOT a bebop musician?
a. | Max Roach | c. | Thelonious Monk | b. | Bud Powell | d. | Artie Shaw |
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