Jazz Quiz

Question 1:

Which saxophonist recorded the 1965 album A Love Supreme?

Question 2:

Which drummer played in Miles Davis’ First Great Quintet?

Question 3:

What instrument did composer and musician Charles Mingus play?

Question 4:

Name the New Jersey-born pianist who led a big band in Kansas City in the early 1930s

Question 5:

What is the number of keys on a full-sized acoustic piano?

Question 6:

How many strings are on an acoustic double bass?

Question 7:

Who composed the jazz standard Blue in Green?

Question 8:

Name the Philly pianist who recently joined the jazz trio The Bad Plus

Question 9:

Which of the following jazz clubs is NOT located in Philadelphia?

Question 10:

Which Rhode Island town has hosted an annual jazz festival since 1954?

Question 11:

Name the rapper who featured saxophonist Terrace Martin and pianist Robert Glasper on his 2015 album

Question 12:

Which seminal jazz-rock fusion album did Miles Davis release in 1969?

Question 13:

Which drummer led the Jazz Messengers from 1955 to 1990?

Question 14:

What renowned pianist and big band leader was born in 1899?

Question 15:

What bebop saxophonist was known by the moniker 'Bird'?

Question 16:

Name the pianist who wrote the standard Maiden Voyage

Question 17:

Which rock guitarist incorporated jazz sounds on his second album, "The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle"?

Question 18:

Which jazz genre was pioneered in 1940s New York?

Question 19:

What is the name of the largest drum in a standard drum set?

Question 20:

Name the recording engineering who famously worked at Blue Notes Records