1. Check 3 African American Female Blues and/or Jazz Singers: | |
____Maxine Roach ____Natalie Cole ____Ella Fitzgerald |
____Patrice Rushen ____Dorothy Ashby ____Bessie Smith |
2. Match the performer with the Title: | |
a. "Lady Day"
b. "Empress of the Blues" c. "Mother of the Blues" d. "Satchmo" e. "First Lady of Song" |
____Louis Armstrong
____Ella Fitzgerald ____Billie Holiday ____Bessie Smith ____Gertrude "Ma" Rainey |
3. "The Lady Who Swings The Band" is: |
____Betty Carter
____Mary Lou Williams ____Cicely Tyson |
4. Check 3 Great African American Trumpeters who played Jazz and Blues: | |
____Duke Ellington ____Dizzy Gillespie ____Louis Armstrong |
____Charles Mingus ____Miles Davis ____Eubie Blake |
5. Match the Musician with the Instrument: | |
Shirley Scott
Charlie "Bird" Parker Lil Hardin Armstrong Melba Liston Alice Coltrane |
Harp
Organ Saxophone Piano Trombone |
6. Who composed the lyrics to the song "God Blessed The Child"? | |
____Billie Holiday ____George Gershwin |
7. Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt both played what instrument? |
____ Bass Clarinet ____ Tenor Saxophone |
8. Charles Mingus and Ron Carter play ____________________. |
9. What singer sang with Saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young? |
__________________________________________ |
10. Tony Williams, Art Blakey and Lenny White all play |
______________________ |