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Although he led a New Orleans-style jazz band, Joe "King" Oliver actually made his reputation as a great jazz orchestra leader not in New Orleans but in Chicago in the 1920's |
True |
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The Santeria is an Afro-Cuban adaption of a Yoruba religious practice |
True |
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During the nineteenth century, "high-brow" was a phrase used to describe entertainment that appealed to the rural counties of this country |
False |
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the Virginia Minstrels were a group of four entertainers, singing and playing the instruments associated with minstrel shows |
True |
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Cohan was known for being a one-man entertainment industry, writing songs, lyrics, directing, performing, and producing |
True |
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Scott Joplin's famous "Red Book" was a collection of the best saloons and brothels for ragtime pianists to perform |
False |
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Bessie Smith would be considered a famous rural (or country) blues artist |
False |
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Joplin believed a piano rag should be played at least at a fast tempo so that one could dance to it |
False |
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Based on the march, this is a syncopated music style, generally played on piano |
Ragtime |
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The most popular dance of the 1920's |
Foxtrot |
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This phrase refers to "spontaneous musical creation" and is the essence of what jazz music is all about" |
Improvisation |
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A ragtime piece written for the piano |
"Piano rag" |
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More than one performer simultaneously making up music as they play |
Collective improvisation |
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A popular dance which was borrowed and adapted from a black folk dance |
Animal dance |
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A recording made by black artists for a black audience |
Race record |
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The "Red Light" district in New Orleans where jazz thrived in at the turn of the century |
Storyville |
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Rhythmic play over a four-beat rhythm |
Swing |
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In a jazz band, this phrase refers to the horn soloists (trumpet, clarinet, trombone) |
Front line |