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Quiz about More Jazz Giants
Quiz about More Jazz Giants

More Jazz Giants Trivia Quiz


OK, cats, here's some more jazz trivia for ya!

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
tjoebigham
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
25,380
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
1646
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Question 1 of 15
1. Which violinist was known for his jazz prowess and was the first to play jazz? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What jazz singer was nicknamed 'Mr. Five By Five', after a popular song? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Name the Harlem nightspot where many of jazz's great figures got their start. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who was the lyricist for many of Fats Waller's hits? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who was Benny Goodman's vibraphonist?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 6 of 15
6. Complete this title: _______________ with Nellie. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What was Monk's middle name? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who was the girl singer on Gene Krupa's band? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Name the controversial song Billie Holiday introduced. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What was the nickname of stride pianist Willie Smith? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Name Count Basie's best known hit. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Name the boogie-woogie pianist whose style influence early rock. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Which blind pianist did Fats Waller call God? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What is the nationality of Oscar Peterson? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Which of Billie Holiday's songs became a rock hit in the US in the 60's? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which violinist was known for his jazz prowess and was the first to play jazz?

Answer: Stuff Smith

Perlman is a classical {violinist;} Amundsen and Grappelli only follow in the footsteps of Smith, one of the very first to play violin in jazz style.
2. What jazz singer was nicknamed 'Mr. Five By Five', after a popular song?

Answer: Jimmy Rushing

The last two are rock {artists;} Eldridge was a trumpeter. Rushing got the nickname from his size and width, adapted from the popular song.
3. Name the Harlem nightspot where many of jazz's great figures got their start.

Answer: Cotton Club

If you saw Coppola's The Cotton Club, you've seen some of the jazz greats of the 20's and 30's and how they performed.
4. Who was the lyricist for many of Fats Waller's hits?

Answer: Andy Razaf

Razaf wrote the words for, among others, 'Ain't Misbehaving' and 'Honeysuckle Rose'.
5. Who was Benny Goodman's vibraphonist?

Answer: Lionel Hampton

Hampton later formed his own band.
6. Complete this title: _______________ with Nellie.

Answer: Crepuscule

One of Thelonius Monk's best-known works for piano.
7. What was Monk's middle name?

Answer: Sphere

Believe it or not!
8. Who was the girl singer on Gene Krupa's band?

Answer: Anita O'Day

O'Day is a legend among female jazz singers.
9. Name the controversial song Billie Holiday introduced.

Answer: Strange Fruit

There is now a book about the song and how Holiday introduced it. Back in the 30's, a song about Negro lynchings was a tough sell indeed!
10. What was the nickname of stride pianist Willie Smith?

Answer: The Lion

Smith(no relation to the actor) was one of the founders of stride piano, a forerunner to jazz.
11. Name Count Basie's best known hit.

Answer: April In Paris

Basie and his band even played it in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles!
12. Name the boogie-woogie pianist whose style influence early rock.

Answer: Meade Lux Lewis

Lewis' style influenced rhythm and blues, and also Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, among others.
13. Which blind pianist did Fats Waller call God?

Answer: Art Tatum

'I may be at the piano, but God is in the house' Waller said in a famous quote when the blind jazz pianist was at one of the former's shows.
14. What is the nationality of Oscar Peterson?

Answer: Canadian

Many Canadian blacks were descended from runaway slaves, as was Peterson(and pianist-composer R. Nathaniel Dett).
15. Which of Billie Holiday's songs became a rock hit in the US in the 60's?

Answer: God Bless The Child

It was Blood, Sweat and Tears that sang Holiday's classic in the rock era.
Source: Author tjoebigham

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