History of Jazz: top 10 performers

Who is known for their trademark swollen cheeks while playing the trumpet?

• Dizzy Gillespie

• Charlie Parker

• Louis Armstrong

• Miles Davis

Which jazz musician turned 'Embraceable You' into a famous jazz standard?

• John Coltrane

• Nat King Cole

• Billie Holiday

• Oscar Peterson

Who opened one of the first jazz schools in Canada?

• Thelonious Monk

• Duke Ellington

• Oscar Peterson

• Charlie Parker

Which musician is celebrated for their 'sheets of sound' with the alto sax?

• Louis Armstrong

• John Coltrane

• Dizzy Gillespie

• Miles Davis

Who was one of the first African Americans to host a variety TV program?

• Nat King Cole

• Duke Ellington

• Billie Holiday

• Louis Armstrong

Which musician's personal style epitomized the iconoclast sensibility of The Beat Generation?

• Miles Davis

• Charlie Parker

• Thelonious Monk

• John Coltrane

Who is often characterized as one of the coolest men to have ever lived?

• Charlie Parker

• Duke Ellington

• Miles Davis

• Louis Armstrong

Who composed thousands of songs over a 50-year career?

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

• Nat King Cole

• Miles Davis

Which musician is usually considered the greatest jazz musician of all time?

• Miles Davis

• Charlie Parker

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

Who was a groundbreaking bebop performer and master improviser?

• Charlie Parker

• John Coltrane

• Dizzy Gillespie

• Thelonious Monk