JAZZQUIZ
for
March
The Answers
Jazz By Numbers
For our quiz this month we gave you fifteen jazz-related questions where the answers are numbers - how many could you answer? The answers are below ....
Give yourself one extra point if you were able to identify the title of the song that contains the words
Day will break and I'm gonna wake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take
For all the boys to see
(Tea For Two - Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar)
Your Score - Give yourself a point for each answer you got right
15+ correct: "It's a 10 from me"
10 - 14 correct: 2 good 2 be true
6 - 9 correct: Good 4 you
3 - 5 correct: Not a bad 1
1 - 2 correct: 0 dear
THE ANSWERS
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1. What was Glenn Miller's musical telephone number in Pennsylvania?
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Answer: 6 5000
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2. How many saxophones are there in a typical Big Band?
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Answer: 5 (2 alto saxes; 2 tenor saxes, 1 baritone sax)
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3. Which American route stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica?
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Answer: Route 66
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4. How many musicians were in Red Nichols Five Pennies
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Answer: It varied, it was often more than five.​
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5. What was the number in London's Oxford Street of Humphrey Lyttelton's club?
Answer: 100
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6. How many musicians were in Tommy Dorsey's Clambake band?
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Answer: 7
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7. In which year were the first stereo records issued - 1950; 1958 or 1963?
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Answer: 1958
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8. "My baby said yes" - according to the song, which heaven am I in?
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Answer: Seventh
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9. How many 'siblings' were in Woody Herman's saxophone group?
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Answer: 'Four 'brothers'
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10. And in which of Woody Hereman's 'Herds' were they first featured?
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Answer: Herd No 2​
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11. How many keys are there on a full-size piano keyboard - 79; 96 or 88?
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Answer: 88​
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12. Originally in King's Road, Chelsea, which London jazz club has kept its name as the number in King's Road, even though it has now moved to Lots Road?
Answer: The 606 Club ​​
13. How old was trumpeter Clifford Brown when he died in a car crash? 25; 35 or 42?
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​Answer: 25​
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14. In 2024, vocalist Christine Tobin released an acclaimed album of Leonard Cohen songs, one of which she used as the title for the album. It referred to a number of 'Kisses Deep' - How many kisses - 10; 100 or 1000?
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Answer: A Thousand
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15. If saxophonist John Coltrane had lived, in what year would he have celebrated his 100th birthday?
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Answer: 2026
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