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Select the BEST answer.
- Bebop ensembles were typically:
- larger than Big Band ensembles
- smaller than Big Band ensembles
- twice as big as Big Band ensembles
- about the same size as Big Band ensembles
- Jam sessions can be held:
- only at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem
- nowhere; they're illegal
- almost anywhere
- only in a few specified nightclubs
- Scatting is:
- a type of jazz played mostly on solo piano
- a type of improvised singing where the vocalist uses nonsense syllables
- a type of mouthpiece found on large saxophones
- something a cat does
- One reason for the demise of the Big Band Swing Era was:
- the sudden popularity of Ragtime
- the public wasn't interested in jazz any more
- the Vietnam War
- World War II and the draft
- In the 1940's, Bebop was becoming popular in New York's small clubs on:
- 52nd Street
- Oak Street
- 14th Street
- Sesame Street
- The melodies and rhythms of Bebop are:
- influenced by rock-n-roll
- great for dancing
- pretty simple
- complex and difficult to sing
- Bebop musicians considered themselves:
- entertainers
- comedians
- artists
- businessmen
- Bebop was:
- a European invention
- an African American invention
- a new culture
- a regular way of approaching music
- The most important trumpet player in the Bebop Era was:
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Wynton Marsalis
- Scott Joplin
- Billie Holiday
- Strange Fruit, a song made famous by Billie Holiday, was about:
- Bebop
- World War II
- sit ins
- lynching
Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
- While Big Band Swing was considered entertainment, Bebop was
considered _________________________________________.
- _________________________ sessions are informal, non-rehearsed
gatherings of musicians where they play together, challenge each other,
and learn from each other.
- Thelonious ___________________________ was a very important musician
in the development of Bebop because he played the piano unlike anyone
else.
- The New York nightclub called Birdland was named after saxophonist
_________________________ ______________________, whose nickname was Bird.
- Ella Fitzgerald was best known for her _______________ singing, which
imitated the style of Bebop instrumental solos by using nonsense syllables.
- A "gig" is slang that musicians use to describe a ____________________
______________________________________________________________________.
- Bebop was created by _____________________ ______________________.
- During World War II, it was hard to get ___________________________
for band busses, which meant big ensembles couldn't travel to nightclubs
as easily.
- A ___________________ ______________________ is a jazz ensemble of
12 to 20 members, consisting of a rhythm section, plus sections of
trumpets, trombones, and saxophones.
- The name of the song that protested lynching and was made famous by
Billie Holiday was _____________________ __________________________.
Match the words in the columns correctly
- jam sessions
- Bebop
- Ella Fitzgerald
- 52nd Street
- Swing
- gig
- improvisation
- Charlie Parker
- scatting
- Afro-Cuban rhythms
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- area in New York City that had many jazz clubs in the 1940’s
- performing job
- beat patterns found in popular music from Cuba
- one of the most important Bebop saxophonists
- type of jazz that is considered art music, rather than entertainment
- creating a new melody while performing
- one of the most important scat singers
- informal, non-rehearsed gatherings of musicians
- type of jazz that is good for dancing
- type of improvised singing where the vocalist uses nonsense syllables
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Circle T if the statement is true; circle F if the statement is false.
- Bebop was primarily played by small groups. T F
- Bebop musicians didn't consider themselves as artists,
just entertainers. T F
- Bebop developed through jam sessions. T F
- Bebop was great for dancing. T F
- Racism and segregation were rampant in America during the
Swing and Bebop eras. T F
- Strange Fruit, a song made famous by Billie Holiday, was about lynching. T F
- Afro-Cuban rhythms are beat patterns found in popular music from Cuba. T F
- Dizzy Gillespie played the clarinet. T F
- One of the reasons for the demise of Swing was the Vietnam War. T F
- Compared to Bebop, Swing was much more complex. T F
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