JAZZ AND BLUES QUIZ
| 1. Check 3 African American Female Blues and/or Jazz Singers: | |
| ____Maxine Roach ____Natalie Cole ____Ella Fitzgerald |
____Patrice Rushen ____Dorothy Ashby ____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" |
____Louis Armstrong ____Ella Fitzgerald ____Billie Holiday ____Bessie Smith ____Gertrude "Ma" Rainey |
| 3. "The Lady Who Swings The Band" is: |
| ____Betty Carter ____Mary Lou Williams ____Cicely Tyson |
| 4. Check 3 Great African American Trumpeters who played Jazz and Blues: | |
| ____Duke Ellington ____Dizzy Gillespie ____Louis Armstrong |
____Charles Mingus ____Miles Davis ____Eubie Blake |
| 5. Match the Musician with the Instrument: | |
| Shirley Scott Charlie "Bird" Parker Lil Hardin Armstrong Melba Liston Alice Coltrane |
Harp Organ Saxophone Piano Trombone |
| 6. Who composed the lyrics to the song "God Blessed The Child"? | |
| ____Billie Holiday ____George Gershwin |
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| 7. Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt both played what instrument? |
| ____ Bass Clarinet ____ Tenor Saxophone |
| 8. Charles Mingus and Ron Carter play ____________________. |
| 9. What singer sang with Saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young? |
| __________________________________________ |
| 10. Tony Williams, Art Blakey and Lenny White all play |
| ______________________ |
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