Which one of the following best describes Joe \"King\" Oliver? Select one: a. th

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Which one of the following best describes Joe "King" Oliver?

Select one:

a. the first great jazz improviser to emerge in New Orleans after 1900

b. Organized the first jazz recording sessions in New York in 1917

c. Developed the basis for New Orleans stride

d. Louis Armstrong's mentor

e. Leader and cornet player of the Original Dixieland Jass Band

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Which one of the following does not belong in the grouping below?

Select one:

a. Louis Armstrong

b. Lil Hardin

c. Johnny St. Cyr

d. Bix Beiderbecke

e. Johnny Dodds

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Which one of the following does not belong in a discussion of Louis Armstrong's cornet playing?

Select one:

a. Unorthodox technique on the cornet

b. Blues-laced improvised lines

c. A strong sense of "laid-back" jazz phrasing

d. Use of scat singing

e. Sometimes began a song with a fanfare

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Louis Armstrong was one of the first jazz musicians to

Select one:

a. abandon the stiffness of ragtime phrasing.

b. play swinging melodic patterns.

c. use the cornet as an extension of his voice while improvising.

d. employ scat singing techniques.

e. A, B, C and D are all correct.

Question 5

Louis Armstrong's performance on his 1928 recording of West End Blues was significant because

Select one:

a. he finally recorded a 12-bar blues after years of avoiding blues songs.

b. he forecast the future of jazz improvisation with complex, syncopated improvised phrases.

c. he was finally allowed to produce and record his own music.

d. he returned to the traditional New Orleans style of playing that marked his earlier recordings.

e. he employed fermatas and eighth note pecados for the first time in a jazz solo.

Question 6

Which one of the following was not an important contribution to jazz by Louis Armstrong?

Select one:

a. Changed the focus of jazz performance from collective improvisation to solo improvisation

b. Abandoned the

Explanation / Answer

1.b. Organized the first jazz recording sessions in New York in 1917
2.c. Johnny St. Cyr
3.a. Unorthodox technique on the cornet
4.e. A, B, C and D are all correct.
5,c. he was finally allowed to produce and record his own music.
6.a. Changed the focus of jazz performance from collective improvisation to solo improvisation
7.c.. Louis Armstrong
8.d. Was the first soloist to improvise melodic lines that could stand by themselves in terms of structure, form, and musical creativity
9.c. What Bix Beiderbecke piano composition was laced with Impressionistic harmonies drawn from French classical composers Ravel and Debussy?
10.a. Johnny Dodds
11.d. Was the first clarinetist to successfully switch to the saxophone
12.b. walking left hand finger patterns on the piano keyboard.
13.e. Evolved out of ragtime
14.c. Scott Joplin
15.b. James P. Johnson
16.a. What Pittsburgh-born pianist got his start playing in Chicago with the Louis Armstrong Hot Five in 1928?
17.d. Trumpet fanfares
18.e. Kid Ory
19,b. New Orleans
20.c. Swing feel

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