Session 3 Study Material
James Reese Europe and Will Marion Cook were leaders of the most popular “Syncopated” music groups of the day. TRUE
Mary Lou Williams was the most important female Violinist in the century. FALSE
Count Basie is credited with inventing a piano accompaniment style, the name is derived from the words “accompanying” and “Complementing” known as Comping
One of many mutes used by brass players to change the sound of their instrument is known as Plunger Mute
In 1938, promoter John Hammond put together a concert at Carnegie Hall, which featured 3 boogie woogie piano masters Meade Lux Lewis, Peter Johnson, and Albert Ammons. TRUE
Coleman Hawkins played what instrument? Saxophone
When 2 or more musicians play the same notes together it is called a “unison” TRUE
Some of the best known Kansas City musicians played in what early KC group? Benny Moton
Notes which, when played together, cause tension, sometimes because they sound like they are different keys at the same time are known as Dissonant. TRUE
Lester Young gave Billy Holiday the nickname Lady Day
What year did drummer Jo Jones and Saxophone Lester Young joined the Count Basie Band. 1938
Boogie Woogie pianists often played in Bars, Saloons, Brothels, and honky-tonks. TRUE
Recordings by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra of arrangements by Don Redman and Fletcher Henderson are some of the earliest examples of the use of “Swing Feel” in early Big Bands.
Who was the first great bass soloist in Ellington’s band? Jimmy Blanton
Bassist Walter Page led a group known as the Blue Devils
Voicings means the way the notes of the chord are stacked by the piano player. TRUE
A musical term describing how an arranger might write different notes to accompany a melody, choosing notes which fit the harmony of the song. Harmonize
A number of traveling groups from Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Denver, and other mid-western states were known as “Territory Bands” TRUE
Bobby Miley, Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, and Clark
Mary Lou Williams was the most important female Violinist in the century. FALSE
Count Basie is credited with inventing a piano accompaniment style, the name is derived from the words “accompanying” and “Complementing” known as Comping
One of many mutes used by brass players to change the sound of their instrument is known as Plunger Mute
In 1938, promoter John Hammond put together a concert at Carnegie Hall, which featured 3 boogie woogie piano masters Meade Lux Lewis, Peter Johnson, and Albert Ammons. TRUE
Coleman Hawkins played what instrument? Saxophone
When 2 or more musicians play the same notes together it is called a “unison” TRUE
Some of the best known Kansas City musicians played in what early KC group? Benny Moton
Notes which, when played together, cause tension, sometimes because they sound like they are different keys at the same time are known as Dissonant. TRUE
Lester Young gave Billy Holiday the nickname Lady Day
What year did drummer Jo Jones and Saxophone Lester Young joined the Count Basie Band. 1938
Boogie Woogie pianists often played in Bars, Saloons, Brothels, and honky-tonks. TRUE
Recordings by the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra of arrangements by Don Redman and Fletcher Henderson are some of the earliest examples of the use of “Swing Feel” in early Big Bands.
Who was the first great bass soloist in Ellington’s band? Jimmy Blanton
Bassist Walter Page led a group known as the Blue Devils
Voicings means the way the notes of the chord are stacked by the piano player. TRUE
A musical term describing how an arranger might write different notes to accompany a melody, choosing notes which fit the harmony of the song. Harmonize
A number of traveling groups from Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Denver, and other mid-western states were known as “Territory Bands” TRUE
Bobby Miley, Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, and Clark