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Jazz Beats and Rhythms Quiz

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Popular Questions In Jazz Beats and Rhythms Quiz

  • In what year was "Strange Fruit" first released as a single?

  • The original title of this tune is "Corcovado"?

  • What is the best-known composition by Thelonious Monk, which was also the title of a Bertrand Tavernier film starring Dexter Gordon?

  • Which swing band drummer was said to play 'like the wind'?

  • What term is commonly applied to the mainstream jazz of the 1930s and '40s, when jazz was the dominant music for dances and social events?

  • Which Harlem stride pianist wrote 'The Charleston'?

  • What 12-bar blues, composed by Jimmy Forrest and released in 1952, also has a version by James Brown, recorded in 1961?

  • What other term is commonly used for West Coast Jazz, reflecting the emotional detachment often associated with its sound?

  • Of the jazz styles here, which one did Monk have a hand in helping to create?

  • "West End Blues," one of the most perfect jazz songs of all time, was recorded by which artist?