Which well-known singer did Artie Shaw hire, breaking the color barrier in jazz?
a. Ella Fitzgerald
b. Billie Holiday
c. Bessie Smith
d. Peggy Lee
b
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The style of swing bass playing in which the player moves form note to note by playing a new note on every beat, and occasionally between the beats, is knows as
A. moving bass B. skipping bass C. figured bass D. walking bass
Which Sonny Rollins album, featuring the tunes "Blue Seven" and "St. Thomas," was hailed by critics as a milestone?
a. Blue Trane b. Saxophone Colossus c. Hard Bop d. Song for My Father
Cats and Phantom of the Opera are two of Andrew Lloyd Webber's many:
a) films. b) operas. c) musicals. d) novels.
The Stele of Hammurabi is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as __________
A. an example of Babylonian literature B. a religious artifact recording Hebrew tradition C. Danube a key to deciphering cuneiform texts D. an historical document recording a written code of law