What's your Jazz IQ?

August 2006

1) Frank Sinatra learned his vocal phrasing from which big band leader?

Harry James
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey

2) Which jazz sax player's nickname was 'Newk'?

Ben Webster
Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane
Coleman Hawkins

3) Which saxophone player made an album that featured songs from the Broadway musical 'Fiddler on the Roof?'

Cannonball Adderley
Jackie McLean
Sonny Rollins
Charlie Rouse

4) Which bebop drummer's style of playing coined the term 'BeBop?'

Max Roach
Roy Haynes
Kenny Clarke
Cozy Cole

5) Which jazz pianist/composer wrote a music theory book based on his concepts of Lydian Harmony?

John Lewis
Lennie Tristano
George Russell
Bob Brookmeyer

6) Which jazz saxophonist wrote the book entitled 'Treat It Gentle?'

Sidney Bechet
Dexter Gordon
Sonny Rollins
Steve Lacy

7) Which white big band leader influenced Charlie Parker?

Woody Herman
Tex Beneke
Charlie Barnet
Jimmy Dorsey

8) What was John Coltrane's forst wife's name?

Naima
Alice
Francis
Betty

9) Which drummer has played with Charlie Parker, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, and Joshua Redman?

Max Roach
Roy Haynes
Kenny Clarke
Buddy Rich

10) Who is the last living member from the 'Kind of Blue' session?

Jimmy Cobb
Bill Evans
Wynton Kelly
Paul Chambers

11) What great musician (and major influence) did John Coltrane name his son after?

Ravi Krishnaswami
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Padmanabha
Ravi Naimpally

12) Which trumpet player was a kleptomaniac in Duke Ellington's band?

Clark Terry
Cat Anderson
Cootie Williams
Mercer Ellington

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