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Jazz for Jazz people

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Introduction:
"This is a medium-easy quiz for anyone who loves jazz."


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


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


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?
    Yuron Israel
    Yusef Lateef
    Mtume
    Shadow Wilson


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


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


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?
    Have a piano player on his albums
    Play any songs written by Dave Brubeck
    Record the song "Take Five" on his albums
    Play any classical music written by German composers on his albums


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?
    Joe Henderson
    Benny Golson
    Wayne Shorter
    Hank Mobley


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


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


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


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