WOMEN IN JAZZ QUIZ

 

1.                Check 5 African American Female Blues and/or Jazz Singers:

____ Maxine Roach         ____ Joanne Brackeen            _____Carmen McRae

____ Ella Fitzgerald         ____ Abbey Lincoln                  _____Dorothy Donegan

____Alberta Hunter          ____ Bessie Smith                   _____Ethel Waters

 

2.                Match the performer with the Title:

a.   "Lady Day"                                   ____ Sarah Vaughn

b.   "Empress of the Blues"              ____ Ella Fitzgerald

c.   "Mother of the Blues"                  ____ Billie Holiday

d.   "Sassy, The Divine One"            ____ Bessie Smith

e.   "First Lady of Song"                   ____ Gertrude "Ma" Rainey

 

3.                "The Lady Who Swings The Band" is:

____ Betty Carter                             ____ Mary Lou Williams

____ Astrud Gilberto                        ____ Ella Fitzgerald

 

4.                Check 4 female horn players:

____ Dakota Staton                         ____ Bobbi Humphrey

____ Pamela Williams                     ____ Melba Liston

____ Diane Lyle-Smith                    ____ Alberta Hunter

 

5.                Match the Musician with the Instrument:

a.   Shirley Scott                                ____ Harp

b.   Kim Clarke                                   ____ Organ

c.   Lil Hardin Armstrong                   ____ Bass

d.   Bobbi Humphrey                         ____ Piano

e.   Alice Coltrane                              ____ Flute

 

6.                Who composed the lyrics to the song "God Blessed The Child"?

____ Billie Holiday            ____ Linda Hopkins          ____ Ruth Waters

 

7.                Dorothy Donegan, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi play:

____ Drums                      ____ Tenor Saxophone   ____ Piano

 

8.                Cindy Blackman and Teri Lynn Carrington play ______________.

 

9.                What famous singer sang with Saxophonist Lester "Prez" Young?

____ Peggy Lee               ____ Melba Liston            ____ Billie Holiday

 

10.           The singers who are alive today are:

____ Carmen McRae       _____ Lena Horne            ____ Betty Carter

____ Aminata Moseka      _____ Sarah Vaughn        ____ Shirley Horn

 

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