Okay, the results have yet to be tallied but yesterday's Jazz Quiz is officially over. We've had three shifts of technicians working overtime to examine all of the entries and while a winner has yet to be named, here are the ten correct answers to our jazz questions.
1) What was Charlie Parker's main musical instrument?
ALTO SAX
2) What type of jazz was did Miles Davis play?
a) Be-bop
b) Cool jazz
c) Fusion
d) Modal
e) All of the above
ALL OF THE ABOVE
3) What kind of hat did Lester Young always wear?
(Clue: Charles Mingus composed a song saying goodbye to Lester and his hat)
PORKPIE
4) True or false? Charles Mingus played with both the Duke Ellington Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
TRUE
5) Thelonious Monk composed...
a) "Round About Midnight"
b) "Straight, No Chaser"
c) "Mysterioso"
d) "Evidence"
e) All of the above
ALL OF THE ABOVE
6) Who was the first musician in jazz to become famous for playing electric guitar?
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
7) Who was known as the "King Of Swing?"
BENNY GOODMAN.
8) True or false? John Coltrane composed "Take The "A" Train."
FALSE (IT WAS DUKE ELLINGTON)
9) Which one of these trumpet players was NOT ever a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers?
a) Kenny Dorham
b) Lee Morgan
c) Freddie Hubbard
d) Wynton Marsalis
e) None of the above
NONE OF THE ABOVE
10) Who played piano in the famous Chet Baker/Gerry Mulligan quartet?
NOBODY!
So, there you go. Ten jazz questions that you can use to win friends and influence people. Tune in tomorrow when we delve into another realm of modern music.
by Mitch Myers
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