What's your Jazz IQ?

September 2007

1) Clifford Jordan's 'Glass Bead Games' is based on what author's book?

Anton Levay
Herman Hesse
J.R. Tolkkien
Genet

2) Max Roach was married to which jazz chanteuse?

Shirley Horn
Abbey Lincoln
Nancy Wilson
Ella Fitzgerald

3) Stan Kenton was the producer for which baritone saxophonist's albums?

Gerry Mulligan
Harry Carney
Serge Chaloff
Dennis DiBlasio

4) What Rolling Stones tune has Oscar Peterson covered?

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Sympathy for the Devil
Wild Horses
You Can't Always Get What You Want

5) Who organized the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts?

George Avakian
George Wein
Norman Grantz
Teo Macero

6) Who composed bebop standards such as 'Hot House' and 'Good Bait'?

Bud Powell
Dizzy Gillespie
Fats Navarro
Tadd Dameron

7) Who was born Paul Emil Breitenfeld?

Paul Desmond
Paul Chambers
Paul Motian
Paul Whiteman

8) In 1957, on air, Billie Holiday sang a moving version of 'Fine and Mellow' with a star studded sax section. Which saxophonist was NOT part of her sax section that night?

Lester Young
Coleman Hawkins
Gerry Mulligan
Stan Getz

9) How old was Joey DeFrancesco when he released his first album 'All of Me'?

18
21
24
26

10) How long had the saxophone been in existence when the bebop revolution hit in 1940?

83 years
97 years
100 years
220 years

11) Which guitarist has never played with Miles Davis?

John Scofield
Mike Stern
Pete Cosey
John Abercrombie

12) Who did Lester Young affectionately dub as 'Lady Q'?

Quincy Jones
Paul Quinchette
Ike Quebec
Bessie Smith

I give up! Just let me see the answers!