Munm 387 exam 2 questions n correct
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Which was NOT a manifestation of the changing cultural role of jazz in the 1950s: - correct
answer ✔✔the rise of the European jazz scene
In addition to being a saxophonist, he is the composer of such standards as "Doxy," "Oleo," and
"Airegin": - correct answer ✔✔Sonny Rollins
This extremely popular group did not use a pianist: - correct answer ✔✔Gerry Mulligan Quartet
His band premiered City of Glass: - correct answer ✔✔Stan Kenton
Modern Jazz Quartet performances were most likely to take place in: - correct answer ✔✔a
Concert Hall
He often gave his bands names such as Progressive Jazz and Innovations in Modern Music: -
correct answer ✔✔Stan Kenton
John Coltrane left Miles Davis' group because: - correct answer ✔✔Miles fired him; he was a
junkie
During the 1950s, Hollywood mostly used jazz soundtracks in films with flimsy feel-good plots. -
correct answer ✔✔False
Shorty Rogers was: - correct answer ✔✔a musician/ composer/ arranger
, Straight Life: - correct answer ✔✔autobiography of Art Pepper
He wrote The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization: - correct answer ✔✔George
Russel
The 33-1/3 rpm album allowed musicians to record more than 20-minutes of music on each side
for the first time. - correct answer ✔✔True
Art Blakey played this instrument: - correct answer ✔✔drums
Sonny Rollins at one point retired from music but often practiced here at night: - correct answer
✔✔Williamsburg Bridge
Which is the best example of an album using modal harmony: - correct answer ✔✔Kinda Blue
His music sometimes reflected the music of his father's homeland, the Cape Verde Islands: -
correct answer ✔✔Horace Silver
His adventurous solos led one reviewer to characterize him as angry: - correct answer ✔✔John
Coltrane
He died of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease): - correct answer ✔✔Charles Mingus
Much of his life was spent in and out of prison and drug treatment facilities: - correct answer
✔✔Art Pepper
He converted to Islam and took the name Buhaina after traveling to West Africa in the late
1940s: - correct answer ✔✔Art Bakey
answers rated A+ 2025/2026
Which was NOT a manifestation of the changing cultural role of jazz in the 1950s: - correct
answer ✔✔the rise of the European jazz scene
In addition to being a saxophonist, he is the composer of such standards as "Doxy," "Oleo," and
"Airegin": - correct answer ✔✔Sonny Rollins
This extremely popular group did not use a pianist: - correct answer ✔✔Gerry Mulligan Quartet
His band premiered City of Glass: - correct answer ✔✔Stan Kenton
Modern Jazz Quartet performances were most likely to take place in: - correct answer ✔✔a
Concert Hall
He often gave his bands names such as Progressive Jazz and Innovations in Modern Music: -
correct answer ✔✔Stan Kenton
John Coltrane left Miles Davis' group because: - correct answer ✔✔Miles fired him; he was a
junkie
During the 1950s, Hollywood mostly used jazz soundtracks in films with flimsy feel-good plots. -
correct answer ✔✔False
Shorty Rogers was: - correct answer ✔✔a musician/ composer/ arranger
, Straight Life: - correct answer ✔✔autobiography of Art Pepper
He wrote The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization: - correct answer ✔✔George
Russel
The 33-1/3 rpm album allowed musicians to record more than 20-minutes of music on each side
for the first time. - correct answer ✔✔True
Art Blakey played this instrument: - correct answer ✔✔drums
Sonny Rollins at one point retired from music but often practiced here at night: - correct answer
✔✔Williamsburg Bridge
Which is the best example of an album using modal harmony: - correct answer ✔✔Kinda Blue
His music sometimes reflected the music of his father's homeland, the Cape Verde Islands: -
correct answer ✔✔Horace Silver
His adventurous solos led one reviewer to characterize him as angry: - correct answer ✔✔John
Coltrane
He died of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease): - correct answer ✔✔Charles Mingus
Much of his life was spent in and out of prison and drug treatment facilities: - correct answer
✔✔Art Pepper
He converted to Islam and took the name Buhaina after traveling to West Africa in the late
1940s: - correct answer ✔✔Art Bakey
