History of Jazz (Swing Quiz)

Was Swing (or "big band era") the most popular style in jazz history?

What was the preferred instrumentation for swing music?

Banjos, guitars, and flutes were common in swing?

Bass appeared more often in swing?

High-hat cymbals WERE NOT used more in swing?

Collective improvisation was ________ in swing.

Swing music (rhythmic) feeling was smoother?

Swing musicians showed a higher level of instrumental proficiency in terms of _______.

How many musicians would a big bang include?

Are saxophones strictly brass instruments?

Sax section was often called the "________".

The alto and tenor saxophones were rarely used saxes.

Saxophonists usually stick with one instrument throughout a big band performance.

Size of trumpet section varied from _____ to _____ players. Trombone section ranged from _____ to ____ players.

Big bands relied on written arrangements; it was not necessary for combo groups.

What was the general setup of a big band performance?

Did rhythm section contain banjo, cello, and piano?

Although pianist in rhythm section played melodies ... not just chords and embellishments ... and played in stride style ... COMPING was not the COMMON accompaniment style during the SWING ERA.

Guitar and bass were usually assigned timekeeping. Guitarist strummed one chord on each beat (rhythm guitar style). Bassist played a note on the first and third of every four beats (two-beat style) or every beat (walking style).

band drummers tended not to play new or provacative rhythms that ran counter to the horn lines.

What are some facts about Roy Eldridge?

What are some facts about Coleman Hawkins?

What are some facts about Count Basie?

Count Basie Rhythm included: Basie (Himself, Pianist) Freddie Green (Rhythm guitar) Walter Page (string bass) Jo Jones (drums)

Comping is playing piano by accompanying chords as accents behind the soloist.

Was Count Basie and Lester Young famous for Kansas City Style?

Kansas City Style arrangements were based on short musical riffs that were repeated again and again.

Head Arrangements are spontaneously created riffs during a performance, learned by ear, and kept in the heads of players. This is basics of Kansas City riff band Style.

What are some facts about Lester Young?

What are some facts about Billie Holiday?

What are some facts about Ella Fitzgerald?

What are some facts about Art Tatum?

What are some facts about Benny Goodman?

Are all these true about Duke Ellington? Did not die young Bandleader, pianist, and composer Ellington's group was the most stable and longest-lived big band in jazz history. Single most creative and prolific composer arranger in jazz history. Wrote more than 2000 compositions and many arrangements and rearrangements. Had recordd more than any other group. Piano tunes were stride style Wrote 100s of instrumentals. Some of them paint musical portraits of famous personalities. Others paint musical pictures of places. Widely acclaimed for having taken jazz into the format of "extended works" "voicing across sections of the band" "voicing across sections of the band"

What was important for big bands?