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Jazz Musicians
YGK These Jazz Musicians
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The trumpeter who recorded Kind of Blue, widely considered the greatest jazz recording of all time | Miles Davis |
| The Miles Davis album that marked his first use of electric instruments and move toward a rock-and-roll fusion aesthetic | In a Silent Way |
| The saxophonist whose "sheets of sound" style is featured on the album Giant Steps | John Coltrane |
| The John Coltrane album that concludes with him "narrating" a devotional poem through his saxophone | A Love Supreme |
| The New Orleans cornet and trumpet player nicknamed “Satchmo” and “Pops” | Louis Armstrong |
| The style of singing using random, nonsense syllables popularized by Armstrong in "Heebie Jeebies" | Scat singing |
| The alto saxophone virtuoso nicknamed "Bird" who helped develop bebop | Charlie Parker |
| The Charlie Parker composition whose chord progression is known as the "Bird blues" | Blues for Alice |
| The pianist and bandleader who often collaborated with arranger Billy Strayhorn | Duke Ellington |
| The signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, written by Billy Strayhorn | Take the ‘A’ Train |
| The pianist whose quartet recorded the 1959 album Time Out | Dave Brubeck |
| The landmark jazz track written in 5/4 time by saxophonist Paul Desmond | Take Five |
| The clarinetist nicknamed the "King of Swing" who played the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall | Benny Goodman |
| The drummer whose extended solo is featured in Benny Goodman’s recording of "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Gene Krupa |
| The bebop trumpeter known for his puffed-out cheeks and a trumpet with an upward-bent bell | Dizzy Gillespie |
| The 1947 work by Gillespie that was a landmark in the development of Afro-Cuban jazz | Manteca |
| The influential double bass player known for his 1959 album Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus |
| The Mingus protest song directed against the governor of Arkansas regarding school integration | Fables of Faubus |
| The jazz style developed by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie featuring fast tempos and rapid modulations | Bebop |
| The 1959 Dave Brubeck composition that subdivides 9/8 time into a “2+2+2+3” grouping | Blue Rondo a la Turk |
| The drummer and big band leader renowned for a near-perfect technique despite being unable to read music | Buddy Rich |
| The method by which Buddy Rich learned to play his music | By ear |
| The three jazz greats Buddy Rich played for before forming his own big band in the mid-1960s | Count Basie, Charlie Parker, and Artie Shaw |
| The two drummers with whom Buddy Rich engaged in his most notable "drum battles" | Gene Krupa and Max Roach |
| The television character Buddy Rich challenged to a drum battle on The Muppets | Animal |
| The 1968 Buddy Rich album whose title refers to a hit by Cannonball Adderley | Mercy, Mercy |
| The 1975 Buddy Rich album that featured his famous version of the West Side Story melody | Big Band Machine |
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