Question
True False
(12)By the 1950’s, a revolution was occurring
Elvis Presley, a Memphis truck driver who added
pelvic-twisting dances to his blues-country mixture. Chuck Berry, a
St. Louis bluesman who mimicked white country music with his
Maybelline. Little Richard, a gospel singer from Georgia who
dressed in outrageous drag costumes and whooped his way onto the
mainstream pop charts. By the 1950s, a revolution was occurring
outside the gates of jazz and popular music. A new music, dubbed
_____________, unsettled the music industry by attracting a sizable
body of white teenagers to an odd but compelling fusion of the
fluid rhythms of black race records and the insistent plaintive
sound of white hillbilly music.
A ROCK & ROLL B
Rhythm-n-Blues C Hard
Bop D Soul Jazz
(13)Motown
1962 – “Do You Love Me” is a hit single recorded by The
Contours for ___________________________. Written and produced by
Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr., “Do You Love Me?” was the Contours’
only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United
States. Notably, the record achieved this feat twice, once in 1962
and again in 1987.AMotown s Gordy Records labelBRace RecordsCNBC
recordsDRCA records
(14)“Hard Bop” tenor saxophone
Before the dramatic arrival of John Coltrane, _______________
was the undisputed Hard Bop tenor saxophone influence.
A Sonny Rollins
B Charlie Parker
C Ornette Coleman
D Coleman Hawkins
(15)Bill Evans
In the 1960s Bill Evans succeeded __________ as the major
keyboard influence.ABud PowellBKeith JarrettCBenny GreenDBrad
Mehldau
(16)Mr. Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest person to
receive the Nobel Peace Prize
In what year did the following occur?
Nelson Mandela and 7 others are sentenced to life
imprisonment in South Africa. Mr. Luther King Jr. becomes the
youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to
end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil
disobedience and other non-violent means.
A 1964 B1960 C 1969 D
1961
(17)Clifford Brown’s death in a car accident at the age of 25
was one of the great tragedies in jazz history. Already ranking
with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis as one of the top trumpeters
in jazz, Brownie was still improving in 1956. Plus he was a clean
liver and was not even driving; the up-and-coming pianist Richie
Powell and his wife (who was driving) also perished in the
crashTrue False
(18)______________ has had a profound influence on the jazz
world in the last 30 years. His extraordinary piano skills
encompass several styles that he freely mixes to create an
idiosyncratic style that is widely copied by jazz pianist today.
(hint: had the “European Quartet”).
A Keith Jarrett B McCoy Tyner C Oscar
Peterson D Bill Evans
(19)Woodstock concert in Bethel, New York What year?
Woodstock concert in Bethel, New York. 50,000 originally
expected (500,000 people attended).
A 1969 B 1963 C 1964 D1962
(20)Reaction Against Bebop A white reaction against bebop
stoked the fires of the New Orleans revival.
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