WOMEN IN JAZZ QUIZ ANSWERS

 

1.                Check 5 African American Female Blues and/or Jazz Singers:

Carmen McRae                Ella Fitzgerald                            Abbey Lincoln

Alberta Hunter                   Bessie Smith                             Ethel Waters

 

2.                Match the performer with the Title:

a.   "Lady Day"                                   Billie Holiday

b.   "Empress of the Blues"              Bessie Smith

c.   "Mother of the Blues"                  Gertrude "Ma" Rainey

d.   "Sassy, The Divine One"            Sarah Vaughn

e.   "First Lady of Song"                   Ella Fitzgerald

 

3.                  "The Lady Who Swings The Band" is:       Mary Lou Williams

 

 

4.                Check 4 female horn players:

Bobbi Humphrey – Flute                  Pamela Williams – Saxophone

Melba Liston – Trombone                Diane Lyle-Smith - Trumpet

 

5.                Match the Musician with the Instrument:

a.   Shirley Scott                                Organ

b.   Kim Clarke                                   Bass

c.   Lil Hardin Armstrong                   Piano

d.   Bobbi Humphrey                         Flute

e.   Alice Coltrane                              Harp

 

6.                Who composed the lyrics to the song "God Blessed The Child"?

Billie Holiday

 

7.                Dorothy Donegan, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi play:

Piano

 

8.                Cindy Blackman and Teri Lynn Carrington play DRUMS.

 

9.                What famous singer sang with Saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young?

Billie Holiday

 

10.           The singers who are alive today are:

Lena Horne                        Aminata Moseka               Shirley Horn

 

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