Jazz Search and Find ® MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM
Visit MIM’s Jazz exhibits in the United States / Canada Gallery (Early Jazz, Jazz, and Latin Jazz) to complete this activity.
Early Jazz As the swing era waned in the 1950s, musicians Early jazz is a blend of Creole, African, European, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious and Native American influences. It developed in Monk, and Miles Davis created new styles. Today, New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. contemporary jazz continues to break new ground. From bebop and cool to free jazz, fusion, and Latin, jazz is a global art form embraced by diverse audiences worldwide.
1. Find this cornet in MIM’s Early Jazz exhibit. Who played it? (View video clip A in the Early Jazz exhibit). 4. What parts of this instrument were used by Miles Davis? (View video clip C on the middle monitor in the Jazz exhibit). 2. Find the banjo on display in the Early Jazz exhibit. What is sketched on the membrane?
Latin Jazz Jazz In the 1950s, musicians began combining jazz with Jazz entered the mainstream in the 1930s and Cuban-based dance music. The result was Latin 1940s. During this time, Big Bands led by artists jazz. such as Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman produced catchy swing music that pushed audiences out onto the dance floor.
5. Find the timbales; can you name some of the animals you see on the sides? (View video clip B in 3. Find this drum. What is special about it? the Latin Jazz exhibit) As you view the Jazz exhibits (Early Jazz, Jazz, See if you can find these “jazzy” words in our and Latin Jazz) in the United States / Canada word search. These are just a few of the types of Gallery, see if you can decode the names of some instruments and styles of jazz. Look for words, influential jazz artists. going forward, backward, and diagonal. *Hint: All the names appear on the graphic rails or are on the object labels next to some instruments.
Jazz got its start in New Orleans at the beginning of the E S C I T O T S E O H H A G B 20th century; it made its way to the rest of the country by the 1920s. E V M E W E M A Q M R X G Y A 1. This trumpet player helped popularize jazz in New T E B U P W E X N G I N S T N Orleans. Q J F M R Q S O V C I T I L J C O U N Q D H P Z W S M G Y O – – – – – – – – – – – – – – F R X X U Q D H S E B I B A C UIOSL AGMNORRST T N E W A G E O F A P E I N R Swing and dance music became popular in the 1930s and 1940s. N V O B O J G N L U B L L I T J S Y R K B R E K O S T Y T E 2. This artist got his start in the 1920s when jazz was still in its infancy. He was best known for his dance P F E O L R S Q P L X I B A R band. View clip B on the left monitor in Jazz. L O N S F I F A R G U J O L E A G N O C G N B S G Z S V N K – – – – – – – – – – – – – KUED IOELGNLNT C O O L W J X K A U Y U D N E H T R E Z Y M D N A B G I B H 3. This man led one of the most popular and best K E R N Z V A Y O V A F A W S remembered dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s.
– – – – – – – – – – – NLGEN LIMLRE BANJO BEBOP These musicians helped develop the jazz style known BIGBAND as bebop. View clips B and C on the middle monitor in CONGA the Jazz exhibit. COOL 4. – – – – – – – – – – IMSEL VIDAS DRUMS 5. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FUSION ZYDZI PELEIGISL LATIN These artists played a plastic saxophone. NEWAGE RAGTIME 6. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – TORENTE ELOCNAM
7. – – – – – – – – – – – – – SAXOPHONE HRIAECL KAPRER SHEKERE SWING In the 1950s, musicians began combining jazz with TIMBALES Cuban-based dance music; the result was Latin jazz. TRUMPET 8. This man played the timbales, a type of drum set
particular to Latin jazz
– – – – – – – – – – Puente Tito 8. Parker Charlie 7. Coleman Ornette 6. Gillespie Dizzy 5. ITOT EUPNTE Davis Miles 4. Miller Glenn 3. Ellington Duke 2. Armstrong Louis 1.