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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