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Jazz History Quiz

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15 questions

~3 min to finish

Easy to hard difficulty

390 pts max score

  1. Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts

    Which early New Orleans cornet legend is remembered in part because he never left behind a commercial recording?

  2. Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts

    When Louis Armstrong went to New York in 1924, whose orchestra did he join?

  3. Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts

    John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' came out on which label in 1965?

  4. Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts

    Founded in Munich in 1969, which label became a major home for jazz recordings?

  5. Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts

    Norman Granz launched which label in 1956?

  6. Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts

    In Miles Davis's first great quintet, which tenor saxophonist held the front-line chair?

  7. Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts

    Which player belonged to Miles Davis's second great quintet: Wayne Shorter or John Coltrane?

  8. Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts

    Name the pianist often cited as a pioneering figure in avant-garde jazz.?

  9. Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts

    Which jazz legend was born in New Orleans in 1901?

  10. Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts

    Who led a long-running big band that became one of jazz's best-known ensembles?

  11. Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts

    Charlie Parker is most associated with which instrument?

  12. Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts

    Which influential jazz singer is the answer if the clue is Billie Holiday?

  13. Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts

    Which major bandleader came from Kansas City?

  14. Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts

    Who led the Jazz Messengers for many years?

  15. Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts

    Which jazz figure was both a pianist and a composer?