Jazz From Yesteryear to Yesterday

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1. As a young man getting his start, this jazz piano player was once a roommate with venerable elder Ben Webster. Bill Evans Chick Corea Herbie Hancock Joe Zawinul

2. The famed (and long-gone) jazz club, The Blackhawk, was located in what city? Washington, DC San Francisco St. Louis New Orleans

3. Guitarist Freddie Green played in Basie's Band for decades... reportedly without ever playing a solo. True False

4. "West End Blues," one of the most perfect jazz songs of all time, was recorded by which artist? Count Basie Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Art Tatum

5. Which of the following youthful piano players recorded several albums with Joshua Redman's band at the start of his career? Jason Moran Bennie Green Brad Mehldau Eric Reed

6. During the 1980's, in the autumn years of his life, who played with the Monday Night Orchestra (every Monday night) in New York City's Sweet Basil? Dexter Gordon Bill Evans Gil Evans Stan Getz

7. Which of the following sax players was arrested for robbing a drug store? Charlie Parker Wayne Shorter Hank Mobley Stan Getz

8. Guitar player John McLaughlin is from what country? Canada U.S.A. England Brazil

9. As a teenager, Miles Davis got his first big break playing gigs with which of the following jazz giants? Charlie Parker Sydney Bechet Dizzy Gillespie Coleman Hawkins

10. "Take Five," one of the most famous jazz songs of all time, was written by whom? Dave Brubeck The Modern Jazz Quartet Stan Getz Paul Desmond