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Jazz for Jazz people

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Jazz for Jazz people game quiz
"This is a medium-easy quiz for anyone who loves jazz."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The famous Bill Evans Trio's live recording (with Scott Lafaro) that produced "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" and "Waltz for Debby" was recorded in what year?
    1962
    1960
    1961
    1959


2. What is the best-selling jazz album of all time?
    A Love Supreme
    Take Five
    Kind of Blue
    Headhunters


3. There have been three famous jazz musicians with the name Bill Evans. Two of them (piano and sax) kept their name. What did the third Bill Evans change his name to?
    Shadow Wilson
    Yuron Israel
    Yusef Lateef
    Mtume


4. By what nickname was Ben Webster known?
    Rabbit
    LockJaw
    The Kid
    The Brute


5. Although he made his fame and fortune in New York City, where was Duke Ellington born and raised?
    Chicago
    Washington, DC
    St. Louis
    New Orleans


6. Paul Desmond, the alto player who played in Dave Brubeck's band for many years, had an agreement with his boss that prevented him from doing what on any of his solo albums?
    Play any classical music written by German composers on his albums
    Record the song "Take Five" on his albums
    Have a piano player on his albums
    Play any songs written by Dave Brubeck


7. In the late 50s-early 60s, Art Blakey's Jazz messengers (with Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt) had a host of tenor players who sat in, with some of them only sticking around for an album or two. Which of the following tenor players was NEVER in the Jazz Messengers?
    Hank Mobley
    Wayne Shorter
    Joe Henderson
    Benny Golson


8. Which jazz movie starred a host of great jazz musicians, including Dexter Gordan, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, John McLaughlin, and Wayne Shorter?
    Bird
    The Cotton Club
    Lady Sings the Blues
    Round Midnight


9. The late, great bass player Ray Brown was once married to which of the following jazz singers?
    Billie Holliday
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Sarah Vaughan
    Betty Carter


10. Which of the following jazz labels did Lester Koenig found?
    Riverside
    Prestiege
    Contemporary
    Candid


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