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1

Following in Tadd Dameron's footsteps, Art Blakey and Horace Silver helped establish this quintessential hard bop group.
A)Modern Jazz Quartet
B)Weather Report
C)The Washingtonians
D)The Jazz Messengers
2

Pieces like "The Preacher," "Work Song," and "The Sermon" reconnected jazz with the black communities' rich cultural heritage, and squarely placed them in this stylistic category.
A)Cool
B)Hard Bop
C)Avant-Garde
D)Fusion
3

Who was the queen of jazz organ?
A)Marian McPartland
B)Lois Neumann
C)Shirley Scott
D)Janis Smith
4

Extolled as the next Dizzy Gillespie, this trumpeter co-lead one of the finest hard bop quintets in the mid 1950s along with drummer Max Roach.
A)Clifford Brown
B)Fats Navarro
C)Blue Mitchell
D)Chico Hamilton
5

What term did Ornette Coleman create to describe his musical theory?
A)Homophonics
B)Monorhythmics
C)Harmolodics
D)Polymetrics
6

In 1961, Ornette Coleman shocked the jazz community with the release of this historic recording, which featured a double quartet.
A)Fire Music
B)We Insist - Freedom Now Suite
C)Malcom, Semper Malcom
D)Free Jazz
7

What was Charles Mingus' main instrument?
A)Guitar
B)Drums
C)Tenor Saxophone
D)Bass
8

Who is recognized as one of the top hard bop guitarists?
A)Pat Metheny
B)Wes Montgomery
C)Laurindo Almeida
D)Tal Farlow
9

Pianists Horace Silver and Bobby Timmons are given credit for developing this sub-style.
A)Funky Jazz
B)Jazz Rock
C)Acid Jazz
D)Disco Jazz
10

What instrument did Philadelphian Jimmy Smith play?
A)Bass
B)Trumpet
C)Organ
D)Flute





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