2. Famous Pianists and the Blues Innovation & Fame Sing like RoyaltyLeaders & Politics In the Mood for some local improvisers? 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 What instrument is RAGTIME most frequently played on?

4. Answer 1 – 10 Piano

5. Question 1 - 20 The melodies in RAGTIME are heavily ___________________?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Syncopated

7. Question 1 - 30 Name the composer who was the first to write the BLUES down as a composition to be performed in a concert setting (St. Louis, Kansas City, and Memphis Blues were all his compositions)

8. Answer 1 – 30 W.C. Handy

9. Question 1 - 40 We consider DIXIELAND to be early jazz. What city does DIXIELAND originate from?

10. Answer 1 – 40 New Orleans, LA

11. Question 1 - 50 Name the DIXIELAND pianist from New Orleans that considered himself the inventor of Jazz.

12. Answer 1 – 50 Jelly Roll Morton

13. Question 2 - 10 Who was the bandleader whose band premiered Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Paul Whiteman

15. Question 2 - 20 What was the Big-Band leader who was nicknamed “The King of Swing”?

16. Answer 2 – 20 Benny Goodman

17. Question 2 - 30 What great TRUMPETER was a creative force in the propagation of Bebop in the 1940’s?

18. Answer 2 – 30 Dizzy Gillespie

19. Question 2 - 40 Name the most famous performer and composer of RAGTIME music.

20. Answer 2 – 40 Scott Joplin

21. Question 2 - 50 Name two female BLUES vocalists that achieved fame in the early part of the 20 th century.

22. Answer 2 – 50 Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey

23. Question 3 - 10 Which BLUES vocalist was named the Empress of the Blues?

24. Answer 3 – 10 Bessie Smith

25. Question 3 - 20 Which BLUES vocalist was seen in an early music video singing SAINT LOUIS BLUES?

26. Answer 3 – 20 Bessie Smith

27. Question 3 - 30 Where was DIXIELAND Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Born?

28. Answer 3 – 30 New Orleans, LA

29. Question 3 - 40 Whose band did Louis Armstrong join where he gained fame as a soloist?

30. Answer 3 – 40 King Oliver

31. Question 3 - 50 What style of singing did Louis Armstrong create to imitate instruments with his voice (made most popular on his recording of Heebie Jeebies)?

32. Answer 3 – 50 Scat

33. Question 4- 10 What song recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band was the first ‘jazz’ song recorded?

34. Answer 4 – 10 Livery Stable Blues

35. Question 4 - 20 What post-Civil War period was the BLUES born from, and segregation originated.

36. Answer 4 – 20 Reconstruction

37. Question 4 - 30 What great big-band leader featured a skinny, young Italian singer named Frank Sinatra?

38. Answer 4 – 30 Frank Sinatra

39. Question 4 - 40 Name the big-band composer who was famous for his elegant style, and colorful writing (he often used colors in the titles of his compositions).

40. Answer 4 – 40 Duke Ellington

41. Question 4 - 50 Name the Big-Band leader who played trombone and died, choking in his sleep at age 51.

42. Answer 4 – 50 Tommy Dorsey

43. Question 5 - 10 Which popular Big-Band leader and his orchestra performed In the Mood?

44. Answer 5 – 10 Glen Miller

45. Question 5 - 20 In the late 1940’s, what style of Jazz developed in New York to break away from the commercial stronghold on swing that was focused on improvisation?

46. Answer 5 – 20 Be-Bop

47. Question 5 - 30 Name the trumpet player famous for performing and composing Be-Bop, whose trumpet was at a forty-five degree angle

48. Answer 5 – 30 Dizzy Gillespie

49. Question 5 - 40 Name the great saxophonist from Kansas City, MO that was a virtuosic and innovative performer of be-bop in the 1950’s, but died early due to his substance abuse problems

50. Answer 5 – 40 Charlie Parker

51. Question 5 - 50 What trumpet player from East St. Louis, Illinois was the pioneer of ‘Cool Jazz’ and frequently performed with a harmon mute (had earlier performed with Charlie Parker)?

52. Answer 5 – 50 Miles Davis