WOMEN IN JAZZ QUIZ
1.
Check 5
African American Female Blues and/or Jazz Singers:
____
Maxine Roach ____ Joanne Brackeen _____Carmen McRae
____ Ella
Fitzgerald ____ Abbey Lincoln _____Dorothy Donegan
____Alberta
Hunter ____ Bessie Smith _____Ethel Waters
2.
Match the
performer with the Title:
a. "Lady Day" ____ Sarah Vaughn
b. "Empress of the Blues" ____ Ella Fitzgerald
c. "Mother of the Blues" ____ Billie Holiday
d. "Sassy, The Divine One" ____ Bessie Smith
e. "First Lady of Song" ____ Gertrude "Ma"
Rainey
3.
"The
Lady Who Swings The Band" is:
____ Betty
Carter ____
Mary Lou Williams
____
Astrud Gilberto ____
Ella Fitzgerald
4.
Check 4
female horn players:
____
Dakota Staton ____
Bobbi Humphrey
____
Pamela Williams ____
Melba Liston
____ Diane
Lyle-Smith ____ Alberta
Hunter
5.
Match the
Musician with the Instrument:
a. Shirley Scott ____
Harp
b. Kim Clarke ____
Organ
c. Lil Hardin Armstrong ____ Bass
d. Bobbi Humphrey ____ Piano
e. Alice Coltrane ____ Flute
6.
Who
composed the lyrics to the song "God
Blessed The Child"?
____
Billie Holiday ____ Linda
Hopkins ____ Ruth Waters
7.
Dorothy
Donegan, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi play:
____ Drums ____ Tenor Saxophone ____ Piano
8.
Cindy
Blackman and Teri Lynn Carrington play ______________.
9.
What
famous singer sang with Saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young?
____ Peggy
Lee ____ Melba Liston ____ Billie Holiday
10.
The
singers who are alive today are:
____
Carmen McRae _____ Lena Horne ____ Betty Carter
____
Aminata Moseka _____ Sarah Vaughn ____ Shirley Horn
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