MUSI 3630 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Buddy Bolden - ANS (1877-1931)
- Trumpet/Cornet
- First jazz musician
- Led the first jazz band
- Best remembered for hot music
- Played everything: waltzes, mazurkas, polkas, rags, and spirituals
- At night, played blues
- Beloved by the black community in Storyville
- Scared that other musicians would take over his throne
Joe "King" Oliver - ANS (1885-1938)
- Cornet
- Known for tonal manipulation and use of mutes
- Formed the Creole Jazz Band, one of the most popular bands in Chicago
Louis Armstrong - ANS (1901-1971)
- Trumpet/Vocal
- Born and raised in New Orleans
- The first great jazz soloist
- Worked in Storyville before joining "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in 1922
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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,- 1924: joined Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in NY
- 1925-1928: Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
Sidney Bechet - ANS - Clarinet, soprano sax
- First great improviser
- Clarinet prodigy
- Playing style: hot and fiery, with lots of vibrato
- 10 years old: in Freddie Keppard's band
Bix Beiderbecke - ANS - Cornet
- Offered listeners an approach that contrasted Armstrong's
- White guy from Iowa who was inspired from ODJB
- Played in Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Austin High Gang - ANS - 6 student musicians from Austin High School
- Discovered the recordings of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings
- Bud Freeman (sax)
- Jim Lanigan (string bass/ tuba)
- Dick McPartland (banjo/ guitar)
- Jimmy McPartland (cornet)
- Dave North (piano)
- Frank Teschemacher (clarinet)
- Dave Tough (drummer)
Duke Ellington - ANS - Raised in DC
- Composer, arranger, pianist, band leader
- First composition: "Soda Fountain Rag"
- Wrote music to focus on the specific sounds of each musicians
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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, - "Jungle Music" compositions for the Cotton Club shows
- 1924-1927: Kentucky Club
- 1927-1931: Cotton Club
- 1927-1931: peak period
Chick Webb - ANS - Drum
- First great swing drummer
- Early 1930s: Led his own orchestra in the Dwarfed hunchback
- Played with custom-made drums
Fletcher Henderson - ANS (1897-1952)
- Born in Georgia
- Band leader, arranger, pianist
- Led first jazz-influenced big band in NY
- 1924: Led a dance band at the Roseland Ballroom featuring Coleman Hawkins and Louis
Armstrong
Benny Goodman - ANS (1909-1986)
- Clarinet
- Born in Chicago
- Started the swing era - "King of Swing"
- 1934: First racially integrated band (assisted by John Hammond)
Lester Young - ANS - Saxophone (tenor)
- Most prominent soloist in Count Basie's orchestra
- Played diametrically opposed to Coleman Hawkins
- Sound is more transparent, fewer notes
- Light ton with little or no vibrato
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Buddy Bolden - ANS (1877-1931)
- Trumpet/Cornet
- First jazz musician
- Led the first jazz band
- Best remembered for hot music
- Played everything: waltzes, mazurkas, polkas, rags, and spirituals
- At night, played blues
- Beloved by the black community in Storyville
- Scared that other musicians would take over his throne
Joe "King" Oliver - ANS (1885-1938)
- Cornet
- Known for tonal manipulation and use of mutes
- Formed the Creole Jazz Band, one of the most popular bands in Chicago
Louis Armstrong - ANS (1901-1971)
- Trumpet/Vocal
- Born and raised in New Orleans
- The first great jazz soloist
- Worked in Storyville before joining "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in 1922
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
1
,- 1924: joined Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in NY
- 1925-1928: Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
Sidney Bechet - ANS - Clarinet, soprano sax
- First great improviser
- Clarinet prodigy
- Playing style: hot and fiery, with lots of vibrato
- 10 years old: in Freddie Keppard's band
Bix Beiderbecke - ANS - Cornet
- Offered listeners an approach that contrasted Armstrong's
- White guy from Iowa who was inspired from ODJB
- Played in Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Austin High Gang - ANS - 6 student musicians from Austin High School
- Discovered the recordings of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings
- Bud Freeman (sax)
- Jim Lanigan (string bass/ tuba)
- Dick McPartland (banjo/ guitar)
- Jimmy McPartland (cornet)
- Dave North (piano)
- Frank Teschemacher (clarinet)
- Dave Tough (drummer)
Duke Ellington - ANS - Raised in DC
- Composer, arranger, pianist, band leader
- First composition: "Soda Fountain Rag"
- Wrote music to focus on the specific sounds of each musicians
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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, - "Jungle Music" compositions for the Cotton Club shows
- 1924-1927: Kentucky Club
- 1927-1931: Cotton Club
- 1927-1931: peak period
Chick Webb - ANS - Drum
- First great swing drummer
- Early 1930s: Led his own orchestra in the Dwarfed hunchback
- Played with custom-made drums
Fletcher Henderson - ANS (1897-1952)
- Born in Georgia
- Band leader, arranger, pianist
- Led first jazz-influenced big band in NY
- 1924: Led a dance band at the Roseland Ballroom featuring Coleman Hawkins and Louis
Armstrong
Benny Goodman - ANS (1909-1986)
- Clarinet
- Born in Chicago
- Started the swing era - "King of Swing"
- 1934: First racially integrated band (assisted by John Hammond)
Lester Young - ANS - Saxophone (tenor)
- Most prominent soloist in Count Basie's orchestra
- Played diametrically opposed to Coleman Hawkins
- Sound is more transparent, fewer notes
- Light ton with little or no vibrato
2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
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