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1

Bebop pioneers held historic jam sessions at this uptown Harlem club, considered by many the most significant in its day.
A)Cotton Club
B)Savoy Ballroom
C)Minton's Playhouse
D)Blues Alley
2

What was the moniker given to 52nd Street in Manhattan due to the abundance of jazz clubs located there?
A)Swing Street
B)The Strip
C)Main Stem
D)Tin Pan Alley
3

The term used by jazz musicians for the main melody.
A)Chorus
B)Head
C)Tag
D)Vamp
4

Dizzy Gillespie was the first modern jazz musician to combine bebop, big band swing and elements of this musical tradition.
A)Afro-Cuban
B)Brazilian
C)Native American
D)South African
5

Who was the first to successfully play bebop on the trombone?
A)Kai Winding
B)Jack Teagarden
C)J.J. Johnson
D)Frankie Trumbauer
6

This bop-influenced tenor saxophonist is an important link between the swing style and modern tenor saxophonists John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins.
A)Dexter Gordon
B)Ben Webster
C)Lester Young
D)Johnny Hodges
7

To what European city did Bud Powell and many other American jazz musicians go in search of a more receptive audience and less racial prejudice?
A)London
B)Copenhagen
C)Venice
D)Paris
8

Rather than playing on every beat, bop drummers Kenny Clarke and Max Roach pioneered a less predictable, conversational approach to the
A)Bass Drum
B)Hi Hat
C)Ride Cymbal
D)Snare Drum
9

One of the first singers to record bop, Dizzy Gillespie called her "a musician's singer".
A)Ella Fitzgerald
B)Sarah Vaughan
C)Billie Holiday
D)Carmen McRae
10

New melodies created over pre-existing chord progressions made up a large portion of Bebop musician's repertoire. What are these called?
A)Heads
B)Polyphonics
C)Contrafacts
D)Choruses





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