Bebop Era Quiz

One reason for the demise of swing was

• World War II and the draft

• ragtime

• too many soloists

• poor arrangements

• a lack of interest on the part of the public

Reasons for the demise of swing did not include

• racism

• 20% Amusement Tax

• a rising interest in Rock 'n Roll

• transportation was difficult

• recording ban by order of the American Federation of Musicians

The musical format during the Swing Era was somewhat restrictive in the sense that

• arrangers were not utilized

• all the music was written with no room for solo improvisation

• it could not be appreciated by the public at large

• rhythm sections became stereotyped, lacking creativity

• black and white musicians never played together

By the early 1940s most big bands sounded stylistically

• different

• complex

• innovative

• surprising (one never knew what the band was going to do next)

• alike

The Recording Ban ran from

• July 1942 - November 1943

• April 1941 - November 1942

• July 1940 - October 1943

• August 1941 - November 1943

• May 1939 - November 1941

Many big bands broke up because

• band members didn't like one another other

• the players resented the arrangers

• they were not able to record new material during the recording ban

• dance halls were too small to bring in enough revenue to pay the band

• instruments became too expensive

Toward the end of the Swing Era, African American jazz musicians

• were rarely given the opportunity to improvise compared to their European American counterparts

• were generally treated less fairly than their European American counterparts

• witnessed no capitalization on jazz by European Americans

• were generally treated more fairly than their European American counterparts

• were not permitted to play with European American musicians

One of the reasons African Americans wanted to create their "own" music, Bebop, was because

• Swing music was becoming too difficult

• they wanted to create a music that everyone could play

• they were tired of always having to be creative

• they were tired of watching their musical innovations capitalized on by European Americans

• of the money they could make

One of the reasons African American musicians moved away from Swing in the mid 1940s was because

• they wanted to write more innovative arrangements

• they missed playing in their hometowns

• they wanted to play a simpler form of music

• they preferred Rock 'n' roll

• they wanted to create a music for listening and not for dancing, i.e., art music

European American jazz musicians were usually paid

• less than their African American counterparts

• more than the composers

• more than their African American counterparts

• in cash only

• by check only