What's your Jazz IQ?

September 2006

1) Which Bari sax player has passed away most recently?

Serge Chaloff
Pepper Adams
Harry Carney
Gerry Mulligan

2) Which living saxophonist has played with Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie?

Frank Wess
George Coleman
Sonny Rollins
Lou Donaldson

3) George Russell wrote a book on which kind of theoretical harmony?

Dominant chords
Lydian concepts
Tri-tone Substitutions
Dimished Whole Tone patterns

4) Which trumpeter / bandleader was also a concert oboist?

Maynard Ferguson
Harry James
Dizzy Gillespie
Bunny Berigan

5) Which big band leader was known as 'The Waltz King?'

Charlie Spivak
Kay Kyser
Wayne King
Lawrence Welk

6) Dr. John sang the theme song to which TV show?

Good Times
Blossom
Family Matters
Full House

7) Who was 'Mr. P.C.?'

Paul Chambers
Peter Chernov
Phillip Carter
Charlie Parker

8) Which saxophonist has played with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Joe Zawinul?

Cannonball Adderley
Wayne Shorter
Lou Donaldson
Jackie McLean

9) Which musician has pianist Brad Mehldau not been part of the backing rhythm section?

Sonny Rollins
Charles Lloyd
Lee Konitz
Joshua Redman

10) Which bandleader was nicknamed 'Svengali?'

Duke Ellington
Gil Evans
George Russell
Lennie Tristano

11) Who was the saxophonist in Keith Jarrett's 'American Quartet?'

Jan Garbarek
Michael Brecker
Charles Lloyd
Dewey Redman

12) Which jazz composer based an entire album from silent films of Fatty Arbuckle?

Mark Dresser
Anthony Braxton
Dave Douglas
Fred Frith

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