What's your Jazz IQ?

October 2007

1) What instrument did Idris Muhammad play?

Saxophone
Drums
Organ
Bass

2) The famous Club Mozambique was located in which city?

Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia

3) Which group sampled snippets from Brother Jack McDuff's album 'Moon Rappin'?

A Tribe Called Quest
Digable Planets
Gangstarr
Black Eyed Peas

4) Which one is NOT an organist?

Baby Face Willette
Richard Holmes
Gene Harris
John Patton

5) Who was the saxophonist in the George Benson Quartet?

Ronnie Cuber
Grover Washington Jr.
Hank Crawford
Pepper Adams

6) Who was the organist in the George Benson Quartet?

Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
Jimmy McGriff
Charles Earland

7) Which group sampled snippets from Jimmy Smith's song 'Root Down'?

A Tribe Called Quest
Digable Planets
Beastie Boys
The Gorillaz

8) Which Wes Montgomery song is also known as 'O.D.G.'?

Mr. Walker
Four On Six
Bumpin' On Sunset
Road Song

9) Which saxophonist had hits with 'Midnight Creeper,' 'Funky Mama,' and 'Alligator Boogaloo'?

Lou Donaldson
Stanley Turrentine
Houston Person
Hank Crawford

10) Who was the guitarist on Dr. Lonnie Smith's album 'Too Damn Hot'?

Kenny Burrell
Melvin Sparks
Peter Bernstein
Cornell Dupree

11) Which guitarist had a hit with James Brown's 'Ain't It Funky Now'?

Melvin Sparks
Grant Green
Kenny Burrell
Wes Montgomery

12) Which of these albums DO NOT feature an attractive woman on the cover?

Brother Jack McDuff - Down Home Style
Donald Byrd - Slow Drag
Duke Pearson - The Phantom
Jimmy McGriff - Electric Funk

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