Jazz Music and Musicians

Which of the following is a characteristic of Jazz music?

• A) Blue notes

• B) Fast food

• C) Oil painting

• D) Ballet

What are 'swung notes' in Jazz?

• Notes with equal written time values are performed with unequal durations

• Notes that are always loud

• Notes that are never played

• Notes that are only sung.

Jazz music often uses which of the following techniques?

• Syncopation

• Baking

• Sculpting

• Knitting

What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?

• Duke

• Satchmo

• King

• Bird

Which of the following is a song by Louis Armstrong?

• Basin Street Blues

• Bohemian Rhapsody

• Stairway to Heaven

• Hotel California

Where was Duke Ellington born?

• New York

• Chicago

• Washington D.C.

• Los Angeles

Duke Ellington wrote his first composition while working in a ______.

• library

• soda shop

• music store

• restaurant

What is the title of the song performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington in 1966?

• Take the 'A' Train

• It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

• Mood Indigo

• Satin Doll