Art Tatum and Charlie Parker greatly influenced the playing of pianist,

a. Bud Powell.
b. Dexter Gordon.
c. Sarah Vaughan.
d. Thelonious Monk


a

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Before striking out on his own as a leader, Coltrane worked in the bands of all the following leaders except

a. Dizzy Gillespie b. Miles Davis c. Dave Brubeck d. Thelonious Monk

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This composition is a seventeenth-century Italian chamber cantata

a. Hor che 'l ciel e la terra b. Il pomo d'oro (The Golden Apple) c. In ecclesiis (In the Churches) d. L'Amante Segreto: Voglio morire

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When Thomas Hoving, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, first saw a fine scene-painted ancient Greek terra cotta vase, he said, "The first thought that came to mind was [that] I was gazing not at a vase, but at a painting.". This is indicative of __________

a. his great respect for Greek treasures b. an art world prejudice that places less importance on functional objects c. the incredible rarity of a signed Greek vase d. the inferior form of the vase itself e. the fact that the incredible painting overshadowed the form of the vase

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The songwriter/composer of "Begin the Beguine" was Latin American Xavier Cugat

a. True b. False

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