Jazz - Multiple Choice Test

Originally, jazz was music played by
1. African Americans
2. slave owners
3. Europeans
4. white immigrants
Ragtime was music
1. that was played mostly on the piano
2. that was written for large big bands
3. came up after World War II
4. originally came from New Orleans
Blues was originally
1. a sad ballad
2. an energetic banjo song
3. an African American spiritual
4. a popular trombone solo
The birthplace of Jazz was
1. New Orleans
2. St. Louis
3. Chicago
4. New York
As time went on jazz bands
1. became larger and had more instruments
2. only played in the southern states
3. played classical music
4. stopped improvising
The 1930s and 40s were called the era of
1. swing
2. bebop
3. Dixieland
4. blues
Bebop musicians
1. played mostly in smaller groups
2. played music very slowly
3. played many instruments
4. improvised the melody of songs
Louis Armstrong first started playing the
1. cornet
2. piano
3. drums
4. guitar
Louis Armstrong's most successful period was
1. in Chicago and New York
2. in St. Louis
3. in St. Louis and New Orleans
4. in New Orleans and New York
Louis Armstrong created "scat singing", which was singing
1. syllables with no meaning
2. lower octaves than normal
3. without instruments accompanying him
4. without knowing the text