Jazz Appreciation Reading Quiz 11
"Chasin' the Trane," John Coltrane's first foray into the avant-garde, makes relentless use of
the following technique: - ANS-multiphonics
\Among Miles Davis's nicknames was - ANS-the Sorcerer
\Among the orchestral albums Miles Davis created in collaboration with Gil Evans in the late
1950s were - ANS-Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain
\At age nineteen, Miles Davis was hired to play with - ANS-Charlie Parker
\Bill Evans was especially influential in his pioneering of - ANS-quartal harmony
\During the years Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue, Porgy and Bess, and E.S.P., he was
addicted to heroin. - ANS-false
\For his late album, Ascension, John Coltrane - ANS-used a radical free improvisatory
approach, pushing further into the avant-garde
\In addition to Miles Davis, the album Kind of Blue featured all of the following players,
except: - ANS-Gil Evans
\In his second quintet in the 1960s, Miles Davis relied on the composing talents of this tenor
saxophonist: - ANS-Wayne Shorter
\In jazz, "chord voicings" refers to - ANS-the way notes or instruments are combined to
construct a harmony, such as stacking a chord with various chord tones on the bottom
\John Coltrane played the _____ saxophone. - ANS-tenor
\John Coltrane signaled his interest in modal jazz by recording a 15-minute version of the
following Broadway tune, reducing its harmony to a few chords over a pedal point: -
ANS-"My Favorite Things."
\John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is unusual in that it - ANS-is divided into four "movements"
with abstract titles (e.g., "Acknowledgement")
\Miles Davis grew up in a wealthy black family. - ANS-true
\Miles Davis played a major role in establishing which jazz styles? - ANS-cool, hard bop, and
fusion
\Miles Davis was fond of altering his timbre with - ANS-Harmon mute
\Miles Davis's 1954 recordings with Horace Silver and Kenny Clarke helped to establish -
ANS-hard bop
\Miles Davis's interest in modal jazz was sparked by - ANS-improvising for the score of a
French film
\Miles Davis's most famous album was the culmination of his experiments with modal jazz: -
ANS-Kind of Blue
\Modal jazz is characterized by - ANS-improvising with scales over very few chords
\Some critics feel that compared to Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis had a shortcoming as a
trumpet player in his - ANS-speed, virtuosity, and use of the upper range of the trumpet
\The best-selling jazz recording of the LP era was: - ANS-Kind of Blue
\The rhythm section of Miles Davis's 1950s quintet included - ANS-Philly Joe Jones and Paul
Chambers
\The style of music on Miles Davis's 1960s albums like E.S.P., which expressed a balance
between the conventions of modern jazz and the free-wheeling jazz avant-garde, is known
as - ANS-postbop
"Chasin' the Trane," John Coltrane's first foray into the avant-garde, makes relentless use of
the following technique: - ANS-multiphonics
\Among Miles Davis's nicknames was - ANS-the Sorcerer
\Among the orchestral albums Miles Davis created in collaboration with Gil Evans in the late
1950s were - ANS-Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain
\At age nineteen, Miles Davis was hired to play with - ANS-Charlie Parker
\Bill Evans was especially influential in his pioneering of - ANS-quartal harmony
\During the years Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue, Porgy and Bess, and E.S.P., he was
addicted to heroin. - ANS-false
\For his late album, Ascension, John Coltrane - ANS-used a radical free improvisatory
approach, pushing further into the avant-garde
\In addition to Miles Davis, the album Kind of Blue featured all of the following players,
except: - ANS-Gil Evans
\In his second quintet in the 1960s, Miles Davis relied on the composing talents of this tenor
saxophonist: - ANS-Wayne Shorter
\In jazz, "chord voicings" refers to - ANS-the way notes or instruments are combined to
construct a harmony, such as stacking a chord with various chord tones on the bottom
\John Coltrane played the _____ saxophone. - ANS-tenor
\John Coltrane signaled his interest in modal jazz by recording a 15-minute version of the
following Broadway tune, reducing its harmony to a few chords over a pedal point: -
ANS-"My Favorite Things."
\John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is unusual in that it - ANS-is divided into four "movements"
with abstract titles (e.g., "Acknowledgement")
\Miles Davis grew up in a wealthy black family. - ANS-true
\Miles Davis played a major role in establishing which jazz styles? - ANS-cool, hard bop, and
fusion
\Miles Davis was fond of altering his timbre with - ANS-Harmon mute
\Miles Davis's 1954 recordings with Horace Silver and Kenny Clarke helped to establish -
ANS-hard bop
\Miles Davis's interest in modal jazz was sparked by - ANS-improvising for the score of a
French film
\Miles Davis's most famous album was the culmination of his experiments with modal jazz: -
ANS-Kind of Blue
\Modal jazz is characterized by - ANS-improvising with scales over very few chords
\Some critics feel that compared to Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis had a shortcoming as a
trumpet player in his - ANS-speed, virtuosity, and use of the upper range of the trumpet
\The best-selling jazz recording of the LP era was: - ANS-Kind of Blue
\The rhythm section of Miles Davis's 1950s quintet included - ANS-Philly Joe Jones and Paul
Chambers
\The style of music on Miles Davis's 1960s albums like E.S.P., which expressed a balance
between the conventions of modern jazz and the free-wheeling jazz avant-garde, is known
as - ANS-postbop
