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1

Beginning with the historically significant Birth of the Cool sessions, Miles Davis and this influential arranger created many commercially and artistically successful recordings.
A)Dave Brubeck
B)Gil Evans
C)Claude Thornhill
D)Bill Evans
2

This baritone saxophonist/composer lead a piano-less West Coast quartet and was named "the most important innovator of the 1950s" by George Russell.
A)Gerry Mulligan
B)Chet Baker
C)Harry Carney
D)Serge Chaloff
3

Who became famous for merging jazz and classical techniques, and was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1955?
A)Duke Ellington
B)Benny Goodman
C)Dave Brubeck
D)Miles Davis
4

The groundbreaking trio lead by pianist Bill Evans featured this innovative young bassist.
A)Jimmy Blanton
B)Charles Mingus
C)Jimmy Haslip
D)Scott LaFaro
5

In the mid-1950s John Lewis, Gunther Schuller and J.J. Johnson were interested in fusing elements of European concert music and jazz. What term did Schuller coin for this new style?
A)Cool
B)Third Stream
C)New School
D)Concert Jazz
6

Who wrote the about the wanderings of itinerate jazz musicians in the 1957 novel, On the Road?
A)Jackson Pollack
B)Jack Kerouac
C)Herb Caen
D)Allen Ginsberg
7

What new trend did producer George Wein start in 1954?
A)Televised Jazz
B)Jazz Cruises
C)Jazz Festivals
D)Jazz on College Campuses
8

A synonym for "cool jazz"
A)Hipster Jazz
B)The New Thing
C)Easy Listening
D)West Coast
9

John Lewis, Connie Kay, Milt Jackson, and Percy Heath were members of what influential cool jazz group?
A)Modern Jazz Quartet
B)Innovations Orchestra
C)Claude Thornhill Big Band
D)Miles Davis Nonet
10

"Desafinado" and "The Girl From Ipanema" are examples of what style?
A)Cubop
B)Free Jazz
C)Bossa Nova
D)Progressive





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