What's your Jazz IQ?

October 2006

1) Who was the trumpet player on bassist Johnny Dyani's album 'Song for Biko?'

Hugh Masakela
Don Cherry
Wadada Leo Smith
Chet Baker

2) Recently, Regina Carter and this avant-garde musician were among the recipients of the MacArthur genius grant for their outstanding creativity.

Andrew Hill
John Zorn
Dave Douglas
Sonny Rollins

3) This jazz guitarist is one of the jazz studies faculty at the New York University.

Kenny Burrell
Vic Juris
Pat Martino
John Scofield

4) Which jazz pianist had a group called ‘Eastern Rebellion?'

Hal Galper
Cedar Walton
Kenny Barron
Harold Danko

5) Who is the new drummer for the Dave Holland Quintet?

Billy Kilson
Bill Stewart
Nate Smith
Marvin 'Smitty' Smith

6) On Keith Jarrett’s new album ‘The Carnegie Hall Concert,’ out of his five encores, what is the title of his last encore?

Paint My Heart Red
Time On My Hands
My Song
The Good America

7) Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, and Paul Motian have a new album out, and on that album they cover one Hank Williams Sr. tune. Which one is it?

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Jambalaya
There's a Tear in My Beer
I Saw the Light

8) Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood have a new album entitled ‘Out Louder’ and they have referenced a blues legend in the title of the first track. Who is the blues legend?

John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Little Walter
Lightnin' Hopkins

9) On Ornette Coleman’s new album ‘Sound Grammar,’ the tune entitled ‘Sleep Talking’ has a melody that is obviously borrowed from a major Stravinsky work. Which work is it borrowed from?

The Firebird Suite
Petrushka
Le Sacre du Printemps
Histoire du Soldat

10) Which vibraphonist joined Pharoah Sanders and Kenny Garrett on his new album ‘Beyond the Wall?’

Stefon Harris
Steve Nelson
Bobby Hutcherson
Joe Locke

11) On Stan Getz’s album ‘Captain Marvel’ he has a all-star rhythm section backing him up and playing modern tunes for the time. The rhythm section consisted of Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Airto, and which drummer?

Tony WIlliams
Billy Cobham
Lenny White
Steve Gadd

12) Ornette Coleman has a quartet on his new album. What is the instrumentation of this quartet?

Sax, Trumpet, Acoustic Bass, Drums
Sax, Acoustic Bass, Acoustic Bass, Drums
Sax, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Drums
Sax, Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass, Drums

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