1. Name the famous night club in Harlem where the Duke Ellington Orchestra played for years. Answer: (Two Words - think fabrics)

2. Which of the great jazz vocalists got her start by winning a talent contest and catching the attention of bandleader Chick Webb? Ella Fitzgerald Peggy Lee Billie Holiday Bessie Smith

3. What is "Dizzy" Gillespie's real first name? Edward Andrew David John

4. Who wrote the famous jazz tune "Giant Steps"? Louis Armstrong John Coltrane Bud Powell Thelonious Monk

5. Which tenor saxophonist first came to fame in Count Basie's Big Band? Lester Young Ben Webster John Coltrane Coleman Hawkins

6. Gerry Mulligan is famous for playing the soprano saxophone. True False

7. Who is regarded as the father of the "free jazz" movement? John Coltrane Ornette Coleman Miles Davis Sonny Rollins

8. In what year did Duke Ellington amaze the audience at the Newport Jazz Festival with an extended rendition of "Diminuto and Crescendo in Blue" featuring a 27-chorus solo by tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves? 1955 1958 1957 1956

9. Which bassist of renown, who played with Oscar Peterson in the 1950s, died in Indianapolis on Tuesday 2 July 2002? Answer: (two words)

10. Who was the first musician to put together a jazz trio of piano, guitar and bass? Answer: (three words - a merry old soul)