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1

Elmer Schoebel lead this influential white jazz band from New Orleans, which emerged during the 1920s.
A)New Orleans Feet Warmers
B)New Orleans Leveemen
C)New Orleans Rhythm Kings
D)Southern Syncopated Orchestra
2

Many consider this cornet player from Davenport, Iowa the first great white jazz improviser.
A)Paul Mares
B)Sidney Bechet
C)Paul Whiteman
D)Bix Beiderbecke
3

One of the predecessors of the cool jazz style was white saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer, who recorded this influential tune in 1927.
A)Singin' the Blues
B)In A Mist
C)Rhapsody in Blue
D)Heebie Jeebies
4

This "sweet" band leader, along with premiering Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, introduced the idea of featuring vocalists along with symphonic, jazz-style arrangements.
A)Harry "Sweets" Edison
B)Paul Whiteman
C)Ira Gershwin
D)Ferde Grofé
5

Around what year did Boogie-Woogie, or Eight to the Bar, emerge?
A)1915
B)1925
C)1935
D)1900
6

French author Hugues Panassié wrote that Chicago jazz was a "white appropriation" of music created by black musicians. When was his book first published in America?
A)1934
B)1945
C)1921
D)1950
7

This black author championed jazz in his writings during the Harlem Renaissance.
A)Miff Mole
B)Rudy Blesh
C)Langston Hughes
D)Tom Pendergast
8

Prohibition banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcohol between what years?
A)1915 - 1929
B)1920 - 1941
C)1920 - 1933
D)1917 - 1919
9

Who produced the first Vitaphone talking picture in 1926?
A)Warner Brothers
B)MGM
C)NBC
D)Walt Disney
10

How many New York jazz orchestras were reported in 1925 by Billboard magazine?
A)50
B)250
C)600
D)1200





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