Jazz and Blues Quiz 1
1. Which jazz trumpeter appeared with his group at the 1994 BBC Proms?
2. Which famous jazz musician appeared in the film High Society?
3. What nationality was the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt?
4. Which famous jazz club is the subject of a 1984 Francis Coppola film?
5. Which record gave Acker Bilk a Top Ten hit in 1961?
6. Which Hollywood actor directed a 1988 feature film about the life of Charlie Parker?
7. Which famous jazz club is located on Soho?s Frith Street?
8. Who played the title role in the 1927 film The Jazz Singer?
9. Which instrument was played by jazzman Jack Teagarden?
10. The film Jazz on a Summer?s Day is a recording of which annual musical event?
11. What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?
12. Which singer recorded the 'When Harry Met Sally' soundtrack?
13. Who recorded 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and 'Got My Mojo Working'?
14. Which guitarist released the album 'Ballads and Blues'?
15. Who played Billie Holliday in the film 'Lady Sings The Blues'?
16. Which veteran blues performer recorded 'The Healer'?
17. What instrument is associated with Courtney Pyne?
18. Which virtuoso jazz drummer started out in a vaudeville act as Baby Trapps the Drum Wonder?
19. Which group did Bruce, Baker and Clapton form?
20. What nationality is Nina Simone?
21. Which trad jazzer?s trade mark is a bowler hat and waistcoat?
ANSWERS
1. Wynton Marsalis
2. Louis Armstrong
3. Belgian
4. The Cotton Club
5. Stranger On The Shore
6. Clint Eastwood
7. Ronnie Scott?s
8. Al Jolson
9. Trombone
10. The Newport Jazz Festival
11. Satchmo
12. Harry Connick Jnr
13. Muddy Waters
14. Gary Moore
15. Diana Ross
16. John Lee Hooker
17. Saxophone
18. Buddy Rich
19. Cream
20. American
21. Acker Bilk