JAZZ AND BLUES QUIZ

ANSWERS TO JAZZ AND BLUES QUIZ by Joan Cartwright – jazzisus@aol.com

1. Check 3 African American Female Blues and/or Jazz Singers:
____Maxine Roach __x_Natalie Cole __x__Ella Fitzgerald	____Patrice Rushen ____Dorothy Ashby __x__Bessie Smith

2. Match the performer with the Title:
a. "Lady Day" b. "Empress of the Blues" c. "Mother of the Blues" d. "Satchmo" e. "First Lady of Song"	_d___Louis Armstrong _e___Ella Fitzgerald _a___Billie Holiday _b__ Bessie Smith _c___Gertrude "Ma" Rainey

3. "The Lady Who Swings The Band" is:

____Betty Carter
_x__Mary Lou Williams
____Cicely Tyson

4. Check 3 Great African American Trumpeters who played Jazz and Blues:
____Duke Ellington _x__Dizzy Gillespie _x__Louis Armstrong	____Charles Mingus _x__Miles Davis ____Eubie Blake

5. Match the Musician with the Instrument:
a. Shirley Scott b. Charlie "Bird" Parker c. Lil Hardin Armstrong d. Melba Liston e. Alice Coltrane	e. Harp a. Organ b. Saxophone c. Piano d. Trombone

6. Who composed the lyrics to the song "God Blessed The Child"?
_x__Billie Holiday ____George Gershwin

7. Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt both played what instrument?

____ Bass Clarinet
__x_ Tenor Saxophone

8. Charles Mingus and Ron Carter play __bass________.

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

Billie Holiday

10. Tony Williams, Art Blakey and Lenny White all play drums

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