The Jazz Crossword Challenge: 2

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _______ The Jazz Crossword Challenge: 2 1 T 2 D U K E E L L I N G T O N N 3 4 C O L 5 H R E 1 6 7 8 A S T J 1 9 3 8 B 9 R A S F I 5 I 10 11 L X D A M 4 S L A 12 I O A T M T L O S A N G E L E S 13 E P N S Y V R Y T 14 15 C C H I C K W E B B I A S W I N G O H O E A L R N T S 16 R N E L L A F I T Z G E R A L D A I E L N U E A X 17 S E T O F Y A O 18 19 20 T G U I T A R O S R H A R L E M P I A N O U O T H A K I R T O 21 22 B E N W E B S T E R J A Z Z S T A N D A R D N T T E H U 23 24 T R U M P E T L I O N E L H A M P T O N A 25 L E S T E R Y O U N G R 26 K A N S A S C I T Y I 27 J O H N N Y H O D G E S Across 22. What is a popular song that has become part of the 4. What was the name of the radio program that offered 2. Used band members as instruments and wrote permanent repertory for jazz musicians Benny Goodman a national audience? music based off their strengths 23. What was the instrument of Roy Eldridge, the first 5. In what year was the first Newport Jazz Festival 7. What was the year of Goodman s Carnegie Hall black musician to sit in a white orchestra (Gene Krupa's presented band) concert 6. What bass player with the Duke Ellington Orchestra 12. In what city was the Palomar Ballroom located, the 24. The Benny Goodman Trio expanded to a quartet by would record the first bass solos that departed from the dance club that was the venue for the successful concert the addition of what vibraphone player walking bass style in favor of a freely melodic conception that catapulted Goodman to stardom 25. What tenor saxophonist was a star soloist in the 8. What pianist and arranger, who would become 14. What drummer led the house band at the Savoy early Basie band and was also one of Billie Holiday's Ellington s musical alter ego, was the composer of Take Ballroom preferred accompanists the A Train 15. What was the nickname for the big-band jazz of the 26. The early career of Count Basie is representative of 9. What pianist and entertainer was also the composer 1930s the style of jazz associated with what city of many songs which became standards, including "Ain't Misbehavin“ 16. Chick Webb achieved commercial success and a 27. What alto saxophonist was the soloist for "Come national audience when he hired what singer for his band Sunday" in the Carnegie Hall premiere of Duke Ellington's 10. What was the 1939 song performed by Billie Holiday Black, Brown, and Beige that dealt with lynching 18. Django Reinhardt, considered to be the first European jazz master, played what instrument Down 11. What was Johnny Hodges instrument 1. Coleman Hawkins (who came to fame while playing 20. Where was the Savoy Ballroom located 13. a person who excels in musical technique or with Fletcher Henderson), Ben Webster (who came to execution is know as a 21. What tenor saxophonist, who modeled his sound fame while playing with Duke Ellington), and Lester Young after Coleman Hawkins, after playing with Benny Moten, (who came to fame while playing with Count Basie) were 17. What pianist was acknowledged for both his Andy Kirk, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, and Teddy the three great pillars playing what instrutment virtuosity and complex harmonic substitutions Wilson, made a name for himself as a member of the 3. What electric guitarist gained national exposure 19. What was the piece composed by Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington Orchestra playing in the Benny Goodman sextet based on the directions that Ellington gave him to his apartment.

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