JAZZQUIZ
for
September
Try our monthly quiz. Fifteen questions to exercise those little grey cells.
Well, What Do You Know?!
In the quiz this month we give you fifteen questions related to jazz. How many can you answer?
Give yourself one extra point if you are able to answer the question:
In which film did Marilyn Monroe sing the song Running Wild?
A link to the answers is at the bottom of the page.
Don't forget to check your score.
1. What is the 'proper' first name of 'Chet' Baker ....: Chester, Chesney or Charles?
2. 2024 is the 100th anniversary of which George Gershwin composition?
3. What instrument did Johnny St. Cyr play in Louis Armstrong's Hot Five ..... Piano, Banjo or Clarinet?
4. Complete this title from Dave Brubeck's 'Time Out' album: 'Blue Rondo a la ...... Waltz, Turk or Carte?
5. Which UK jazz club is located in Dorking, Surrey ..... The Watermill, The Verdict or Peggy's Skylight?
6. Which big band included the word 'Thundering' in its name?
7. Which item of confectionary has been used as an affectionate name for the clarinet?
8. Frank Sinatra and Count Basie had nicknames for each other. Basie called Sinatra 'Hank' and Frank called Basie ..... 'Kid', 'Sweets' or 'Splank'?
9. What do Thomas Waller, Theodore Navarro and Antoine Domino have in common?
10. Which Scottish pianist has released albums called 'Cairn', 'Forest Floor' and 'Turas' 'Turas' being the Gaelic word for 'Journey', and the feeling of travel and place.
11. Name a boogie-woogie piano player by linking two Fresians with Bix Beiderbecke's home town?
12. Pianist and composer Jacques Loussier is well known for his interpretations of which classical composer's music: Stravinsky, Bach or Vivaldi?
13. Who wrote the song 'Now You Has Jazz' for the film 'High Society' ..... Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer or Harold Arlen?
14. The Jazz Couriers featured Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes on tenor sax. Which of these other instruments did Tubby play ....... Piano, Flute, Trumpet, Vibes, Washboard?
15. On October 16th, 1957, Coleman Hawkins recorded a classic album with another tenor sax player. The original album title was, 'Coleman Hawkins Encounters .....' but it was better known in the UK as 'Blue Saxophones'. Who was the other tenor player that Coleman Hawkins 'encountered'?
The Answers are HERE