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Famous Jazz Clubs - January 2004
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Preview Questions:
- Billie Holiday was presented by club owner Barney Josephson at this club in 1939
- Lester Young performed his final engagements at this Paris jazz club in January - March 1959.
- This NY jazz club specialized in the presentation of hard bop, but closed in 1972 shortly after Lee Morgan was murdered there.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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December 2003
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Preview Questions:
- His first recording was My Blue Heaven on the Chesky Label.
- In 1969, he played briefly with Mike and Randy Brecker in the band Dream.
- Before joining Ray Brown’s trio in ’92, he had his own trio with Christina McBride and Carl Allen.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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Cool Jazz - November 2003
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Preview Questions:
- What musician inspired the Cool Jazz movement?
- The Lighthouse, a famous Hermosa Beach, California jazz spot of the ‘50s featured a nightly jam of former Kenton and Herman sidemen. What was this group of West Coast musicians known as?
- He teamed up with cool Paul Desmond and the quartet became the rage of the college set in the early 50’s, launching his phenomenal success.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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Giant - Dexter Gordon - October 2003
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Preview Questions:
- Some of the finest and major work of Dexter Gordon was produced on what label?
- Where in Europe did Gordon settle for a total of almost 14 years, only coming back to the U.S. on brief occasions?
- The first Blue Note album that launched Dexter’s first comeback was?
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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What's in a Name - September 2003
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Preview Questions:
- Ellington was given his nickname Duke by a high school chum. What’s Ellington’s real first name?
- Bud Powell’s given name was?
- He was reputed to have made smacking noises with his lips while sleeping, thus the nickname Smack.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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The Blue Note Label - August 2003
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Preview Questions:
- His 1964 Blue Note album Point of Departure includes quintet members Joe Henderson, Eric Dolphy, Kenny Dorham, Richard Davis and Anthony Williams.
- Blue Note Volumes 1 & 2 of The Amazing (artist’s name). . .includes two versions of Night in Tunsia and the introduction of Dance of the Infidels.
- A regular member of the Kenny Clarke/Boland band his Blue Note 1957 album, A Blowing Session, captured the tempo style of Art Blakey, who was his employer at the time.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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July 2003
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Preview Questions:
- What artist took over the Count Basie ghost band from 1986-1995?
- Which of the following was not a member of the New York Voices?
- The album This Is How I Feel About Jazz from 1956 documents this do-it-all music giant’s jazz roots.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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June 2003
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Preview Questions:
- A catchy melodic phrase, repeated several times.
- A vocal interpretation of an instrumental style.
- A piano style popular in the 1920
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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May 2003
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Preview Questions:
- His album Brilliant Corners was the beginning of his rise in popularity, but his fame was assured after his quartet (which included John Coltrane) played a long engagement at the Five Spot.
- This 1984 out of print Black Hawk label album Heaven was the first to feature trumpeter Tom Harrell with this top alto saxophonist's quintet.
- Ira Gershwin said of her, I never knew how good our songs were until I heard her sing them.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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April 2003 - Jaco Mania
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Preview Questions:
- Although Jaco's first real recording on Epic was the five-star Jaco Pastorius album, this Improvising Artists recording by keyboardist, Paul Bley, pre-dates his first 1976 release.
- What was the name of Jaco's first group (at age 13)?
- What was the title of the West Indian steel drums album that included Jaco, Michael Gibbs & Toots Thielemans?
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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March 2003
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Preview Questions:
- Which Brazilian artist recorded Butterfly Dreams in 1973?
- Fats Waller's main instrument was?
- Who recorded the classic song Mambo Beat in the 1950s?
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| Jazz Quiz by Thea English |
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February 2003
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Preview Questions:
- Violinist Michel Urbaniak and bassist Jesper Lundgaard joined this outstanding Fusion and Post Bop guitarist on the album A Quiet Day in Spring on Steeple Chase Records.
- He was known as a swing-based pianist in his early work, but his claim to fame was his 50’s organ hit, Honky Tonk.
- He played in the films Do the Right Thing and Mo’Better Blues, and wrote for Jungle Fever and Malcom X.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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January 2003
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Preview Questions:
- What artist used the pseudonyn Buckshot LeFonque to moonlight on record labels other than his own?
- The memorial, out of print LP, Xanadu contains several formerly rare sessions featuring this late talented bop altoist.
- Joe Pass’ posthumously released album Live at Yoshi’s, Volume 2 featured this fellow guitarist.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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February 2003 - II
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Preview Questions:
- Who founded the Olympia Brass Band?
- From what city is Johnny Adams from?
- Who sang on the Everyday I Got The Blues?
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| Jazz Quiz by Thea English |
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January 2003 - II
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Preview Questions:
- Antonio Carlos Jobim composed the music for what movie?
- In what city is the group Los Hombres Calientes based?
- Who recorded the song Maiden Voyage?
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| Jazz Quiz by Thea English |
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December 2002
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Preview Questions:
- Chick Corea commented, Every drummer wants to play like him because he plays perfect!
- He led the group Dameronia and the Fusion group Le Grand Prix.
- His rare and unprecedented vocal sessions in 1965, With Respect to Nat, revealed his singing voice was almost identical to Nat King Cole's.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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November - Who Wrote That Tune? 2002
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Preview Questions:
- At 18-years old, she wrote the song Dream of Life, which was recorded by Billie Holiday.
- His song Bluesette has been recorded by hundreds of jazz artists over the years, but none so marvelous as his own recording of it.
- He wrote In Your Own Sweet Way.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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October - Man in the Shadows - Billy Strayhorn 2002
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Preview Questions:
- How old was Billy Strayhorn when he wrote the song, Lush Life?
- Strayhorn wrote dozens of unpublished compositions for theatre projects and what society of tap dancers?
- What was the name of the group Strayhorn gigged and toured with around Pittsburg before moving to NYC to join Ellington?
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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September - The Hippest Hipster, Mark Murphy 2002
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Preview Questions:
- What is Mark Murphy's personal favorite recording?
- What album features Murphy's piano and voice collaboration with Benny Green?
- In what year was Murphy voted "New Star of the Month" in Downbeat Reader's Poll?
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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August 2002
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Preview Questions:
- Who is considered 'The First Lady of Song'?
- Who recorded the album "Sky Dive" in 1972?
- Who was John Coltrane's main musical partner during his career?
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| Jazz Quiz by Thea English |
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July 2002
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Preview Questions:
- What pianist backed Charlie Parker on his famous “Cool Blues” session in 1947?
- His first LP dubbed “1965” on Bainbridge Records contained the only true “all-jazz” recording he ever made.
- His Blue Note 1967 album “Schizophrenia” included bandmates, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Curtis Fuller, James Spaulding, Joe Chambers.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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June - First and Last Albums 2002
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Preview Questions:
- Whose first album as a leader in 1966 was entitled, "Tones for Joan's Bones?"
- This March 8, 1982 album entitled, "American Classic," was the last album of this legendary saxman.
- The first octet recording of this infamous West Coast pianist (and student of composer Dirius Milhaud) can be heard on the reissue CD, Original Jazz Classics 1946-1950.
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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Jazz Goes to the Movies - March 2002
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Preview Questions:
- The 1977 feature-length cartoon, "The Cosmic Eye," concentrates on the evolution of the earth, as seen through the eyes of three ultra-cool jazz musicians. The animation is brilliantly complemented by the vocals and music of this legendary musician.
- Miles Davis made his acting debut and farewell playing an inspirational jazz trumpeter in this 1992 musical drama about an Australian country boy who dreams of becoming a jazz musician.
- Louie Armstrong teamed up with this singer for two memorable movies, the 1936 musical drama "Pennies From Heaven" and the 1956 tune-filled "High Society."
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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April - Lady Day 2002
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Preview Questions:
- Her first name 'Billie' was borrowed from the screen star Billie Dove, and 'Holiday' from her father, guitarist Clarence Holiday, (who never married her mother). What was Billie Holiday's real name?
- With whom did Billie Holiday make her recording debut?
- What was Billie Holiday's biggest hit?
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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May 2002
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Preview Questions:
- In 2001, the King of Belgium bestowed the title of Baron on this jazz artist?
- Who invented the amplified guitar?
- What housewife unwittingly became a professional singer after she was spontaneously asked to sing the English lyrics to the 1963 hit 'Girl From Ipanema?'
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| Jazz Quiz by Suzi Price |
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