History of Jazz Exam 2

Iconic vocalist and remarkable scat-singer. She recorded Blue Skies

Blind pianist with phenomenal speed - played Tiger Rag

“King of Swing” clarinetist who played landmark Carnegie Hall concert

Brilliant but troubled cornetist, inspired by L. Armstrong, Frenchmen Debussy and Ravel, played for Paul Whiteman, and died young from alcoholism

Close friend of Lady Day who nicknamed him Pres

Johnny Hodges played the alto saxophone with

Popular, comedic pianist/singer songwriter who composed Ain’t Misbehavin’, Honeysuckle Rose, A Handful of Keys

Billie Holiday upon release from prison performed here to a sold-out crowd

Billie Holiday launched her career with clarinetist on a 1935 tour

Career reborn after legendary 1956 Newport Jazz Festival performance

His big band played the dance classic, In the Mood

They recorded the landmark West End Blues in 1928

His band popularized the Jungle Sound in the late 1920s Cotton Club

This instrument took over the popularity of the trumpet during the swing era

Known for his trumpet mastery, original lines, solo development, scat singing, stop-time choruses

He was the first to divide the band into sections (saxophones, trumpets, trombones, rhythm)

This father of the modern jazz guitar started with Benny Goodman

Wrote for his individual players and scored across sections of his band

Two icons of rhythm section playing, Walter Page on bass and Jo Jones on drums played in the

F. Scott Fitzgerald term used to describe the excess and decadence of the 1920s

Basie tenor sax man with light, dry, airy sound. Court-martialed by the U.S. Army

Taught to him by Fats Waller, he simplified the stride piano style for big band

Hard-swinging guitarist who performed with the Basie Band for over 50 years

From Washington, DC, he composed a tremendous body of music ranging from dance numbers to sacred works

Converted her apartment into a halfway house for addiction-struggling musicians

April in Paris, Jive at Five and One O’clock Jump were played by

After his band folded, he wrote successful arrangements for Benny Goodman

This pianist/singer was forced at gunpoint to play for a birthday party for mobster Al Capone

He led the first racially integrated band of note and toured the south

Popular singer and flapper girl of the late 1920s and 30s (I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling)

Dancing, entertainment, big bands with limited improvisation defines the

Pianist who played through most all of the eras in jazz history. We heard Walkin’ and Swingin’

Washington, DC born composer of Cottontail, Jump for Joy, Mood Indigo, It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it Ain’t Got that Swing) paid his band well for over 50 years

Took over Bennie Moten’s band after Bennie died in Kansas City

Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton got his start with this bandleader

Variety Stomp and Wrappin’ it Up were recorded by the big band of

Opus One was a big swing hit for bandleader

Pianist Teddy Wilson got his start with

This man was the indispensable right-hand man and dear friend to Duke Ellington. He composed Take the A-Train and Lush Life

Gene Krupa was a dynamic and popular drummer of the swing era and featured on Sing, Sing, Sing