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Unit 12: Early American Jazz

 
   

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III. Fill in the blanks:

1. Jazz music, as a musical form, initially performed and appreciated by .

2. The reasons why jazz music becomes generally accepted by people from all walks of life are
1) ,
2) .

3. In jazz music, major musical instruments include , , , , , , , , , and so on.

4. It was in , that a new combination of , , , , and even , blended together in the form known as .

5. Early jazz was identified by its , , a clear contribution from the of brought over to America by .

6. In jazz, drums also contributed to the of the ensemble, e.g. in the drumming of the famous drummer one can hear the .

7. Not only did jazz bands play dance music, marches, they also played , which is a type of strutting dance, and .

8. In the early 1920's, jazz music flourished in two American cities, one in , and New York, which had its jazz musicians in the Afro-American district called .

9. Before he joined Joe Oliver's orchestra is Chicago, Louis Armstrong was already such a great player that he acquired the nickname .

10. During the 1920's the famous Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, who began her career in , dominated the U.S. blues scene.

11. The recordings made by such recording groups as and organized by represent the origin of the .

12. Originally based on tunes for marching bands, is marked by a with a regularly accented .

13. Two black pianists who emerged as the highly successful orchestra leaders in the late 1930's in Harlem, were , .

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