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Jazz Giants

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Introduction:
"If you dig the great jazz giants, this quiz is for you,cat!"


1. Which jazz trumpeter was known for his ballooning cheeks and tilted bell on his instrument?
    Louis Armstrong
    Glenn Miller
    Tommy Dorsey
    Dizzy Gillespie


2. Which jazz cornet player was portrayed by Danny Kaye in a movie biography?
    Red Nichols
    Benny Goodman
    Glenn Miller
    Gene Krupa


3. What hit Swing song did Ziggy Elman adapt from an old Jewish folk tune?
    Hooray For Captain Spaulding
    Nature Boy
    And The Angels Sing
    If I Were A Rich Man


4. Which Count Basie composition was used on the infamous Gong Show?
    Backstage at Stuff's
    April In Paris
    Jumping at the Woodside
    One O'Clock Jump


5. Which jazzman met success despite the loss of an arm?
    Lester Young
    Pete Kelly
    Red Nichols
    Wingy Manone


6. Who composed the jazz standard "Misty"?
    Erroll Garner
    Fats Waller
    Benny Goodman
    Count Basie


7. Which pianist co-wrote "Round Midnight"?
    Fats Waller
    Eddy Duchin
    Meade Lux Lewis
    Thelonius Monk


8. Name Dave Brubeck's best-known tune.
    Theme from Mr. Broadway
    Le Souk
    Take Five
    Unsquare Dance


9. What was Duke Ellington's real name?
    Thomas Fats
    Glenn
    Benjamin
    Edward Kennedy


10. Who is considered the "Father of the Blues"?
    W. C. Handy
    R. Nathaniel Dett
    Scott Joplin
    Charlie Patton


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