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Vice in Kansas City was largely controlled by this man. |
| | A) | Al Capone |
| | B) | Tom Pendergast |
| | C) | John Hammond |
| | D) | Jess Stacey |
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One of the best Kansas City bands during the Pendergast Era. |
| | A) | Benny Moten |
| | B) | Dave Tough |
| | C) | Jimmy Lunceford |
| | D) | Spike Jones |
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Southwest bands like that of Count Basie's, are characterized by the 12 bar blues and a reliance on short, repeated musical phrases known as |
| | A) | Solis |
| | B) | Syncopations |
| | C) | Riffs |
| | D) | Codas |
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4 | |
Lester Young's sound sharply contrasted the dark, husky, vibrato-filled approach of |
| | A) | Coleman Hawkins |
| | B) | Harry Carney |
| | C) | Benny Carter |
| | D) | Ornette Coleman |
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Count Basie's band featured a long line of exceptional blues singers, such as |
| | A) | June Christy |
| | B) | Jimmy Rushing |
| | C) | Helen Forest |
| | D) | Jo Stafford |
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Ella Fitzgerald became an overnight sensation with her 1938 recording of |
| | A) | Mack the Knife |
| | B) | How High the Moon |
| | C) | A-Tisket, A-Tasket |
| | D) | What a Wonderful World |
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This legally blind pianist demonstrated unparalleled technical mastery, and an advanced harmonic sensibility which astounded classical and jazz pianists alike. |
| | A) | Art Taylor |
| | B) | James P. Johnson |
| | C) | Fats Waller |
| | D) | Art Tatum |
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In what year was Downbeat, the journal dedicated to jazz and blues, founded? |
| | A) | 1934 |
| | B) | 1942 |
| | C) | 1950 |
| | D) | 1925 |
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Lester Young's nickname |
| | A) | Prez |
| | B) | The Bean |
| | C) | Rabbit |
| | D) | Bird |
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A hallmark of territory bands of the mid and southwest, ____________were largely created in an improvisatory fashion using 12 bar blues, and riffs. |
| | A) | Tags |
| | B) | Head Arrangements |
| | C) | Solis |
| | D) | Choruses |
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