• MUSI-1301.701 Jazz, Pop, & Rock
• Quizzes
• Listening Quiz 2

(1)

What is the title of this piece?

My Funny Valentine

Confirmation

Shaw Nuff

The Girl from Ipanema

I Got Rhythm

(2)

Who is performing this piece?

Herbie Hancock

Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker

Clifford Brown and Max Roach

Theolnius Monk

Charles Mingus

(3)

What tune do the chords come from?

Struttin’ With Some Barbeque

Sing, Sing, Sing

I Got Rhythm

Begin the Beguine

Take the A Train

(4)

The tempo of this piece makes it

too fast for dancing.

perfect for dancing.

too slow for dancing.

(5)

This piece is a wonderful example of the ______ style.

Cool

Fusion

Free

Mainstream jazz

Bop

(6)

All of the following contrasts to Swing are true for Bop EXCEPT:

Emphasis on individuals

Use of the saxophone

Emphasis on improvisation

Smaller ensemble

Non-danceable tempos

(7)

What is the title of this piece?

Shaw Nuff

Watermelon Man

Chameleon

Salt Peanuts

Confirmation

(8)

Who is performing this piece?

Herbie Hancock

Dizzy Gillespie

Louis Armstrong

Lee Konitz

Charlie Parker

(9)

What is a straight take?

All musicians are straight

The piece is performed for straight-laced people

Not recorded in sections and spliced together

The lead player is playing on a straight horn

The recording is for a particular purpose

(10)

The form of this piece is

ABAA

AABA

ABCA

ABA

ABACA

(11)

The saxophonist

is still alive

was a college graduate

was playing a tenor saxophone

was Dizzy Gillespie

made up his solos on the spot

(12)

To honor this performer, some clubs changed their names. Below is a list of those clubs EXCEPT:

Kansas City’s Birdcage

New York’s Birdland

Chicago’s Birdhouse

(13

What is the title of this piece?

Godchild

Three to Get Ready

Take Five

Vendome

Django

(14)

Who is performing this piece?

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Django Reinhardt

Dave Brubeck

Dizzy Gillespie

Miles Davis

(15)

How many beats are in each measure?

3

7

6

5

4

(16)

The head of this group played what instrument?

Clarinet

Drums

Alto Saxophone

Bass

Piano

(17)

The composer of the song is

Miles Davis

Dizzy Gillespie

Dave Brubeck

Eugene Wright

Paul Desmond

(18)

This piece is

a tribute to Louis Armstrong.

for dancing.

the first ever million-selling jazz tune.

features a mellophone.

an example of the Bop style.

(19)

What is the title of this piece?

Godchild

A Night in Tunisia

April in Paris

Take 5

Koko

(20)

Who is performing this piece?

Dizzy Gillespie

Herbie Hancock

Lee Konitz

Miles Davis

Charlie Parker

(21)

What interesting instrument is present in this piece?

Flugelhorn

French Horn

Bassoon

Vibraphone

Tuba

(22)

This trumpet performer’s sound is considered

strained.

straight tone.

vibrato-based.

buzzed. muddy.

(23)

This performer apprenticed under

Louis Armstrong

Dizzy Gillespie

Max Roach

Miles Davis

Charlie Parker

(24)

This perfomer attended

the Grammy’s in 1995

a “whites only” church

college at Julliard

the funeral of Teddy Roosevelt

gradeschool with Louis Armstrong

(25)

What is the title of this piece?

Stormy Weather

Birdland

Watermelon Man

Weather Report

Chameleon

(26)

Who is performing this piece?

Blood Sweat and Tears

James Brown

Weather Report

Tower of Power

Chicago

(27)

How many themes are present?

7

9

6

5

8

(28)

Which theme is the hook?

8

5

6

7

4

(29)

This piece is a great example of

Cool

Fusion

Mainstream

Free

Bop

(30)

Jazz rock falls into two categories. This piece is from a more jazz influenced group while Tower of Power is

guitar influenced.

funk and soul influenced.

influenced by classical music.

jazz influenced, too.

Spanish influenced.