Songs

Question 1

West End Blues - page 46

Answer 1

• By: Louis Armstrong (trumpet) and Earl Hines (piano)
• Era: 1928, Early Jazz
• Form: 12 bar blues
• # of choruses: 5
• Instruments: trumpet, vocals, clarinet, trombone, piano, banjo, and drums
• First chorus: melody by armstrong on trumpet
• Second: trombone solo
• Third: improvised duet between clarinet and armstrong’s vocals
• Fourth:Unaccompanied Piano improvisation by Earl Hines
• Fifth: trumpet solo

Question 2

Taxi War Dance - page 70

Answer 2

• By: Count Basie (piano) and Lester Young (tenor sax)
• Era: 1939, Swing
• Form: 32 bar AABA
• # of choruses: 4 intro, chorus, two measure intro of 2nd chorus, chorus, chorus,chorus, bridge, ending
• First: Lester Young Tenor Sax solo
• Second: Trombone solo
• Third: Call and Response Passage
• Fourth: Call and Response
• Instruments: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 saxophones, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Question 3

Sittin’ In - page 65

Answer 3

• By: Roy Eldridge (trumpet) and Chu Berry (tenor sax)
• Era: 1938, Swing
• Form: Something else
• # of choruses: 5 choruses, but other intermediates
• Instruments: Trumpet, tenor sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Question 4

Body and Soul - page 66

Answer 4

• By: Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax)
• Era: 1939, Swing
• Form: 32 AABA
• # of choruses: 2 choruses
• Instruments: tenor sax and piano

Question 5

Back In Your Own Backyard - page 83

Answer 5

• By: Billie Holiday and Lester Young (tenor)
• Era: 1938, Swing
• Form: 32 AABA
• # of choruses: 3 choruses
• Instruments: trumpet, tenor sax, piano, bass, guitar, drums (Jo Jones), vocals

Question 6

Leap Frog - page 107

Answer 6

• By: Charlie Parker (alto) and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
• Era: 1950, Bebop
• Form: 32 AABA
• # of choruses: 6 choruses
• Instruments: alto sax , trumpet, piano (Thelonious Monk), bass, and drums

Question 7

The Egyptian - page 140

Answer 7

• By: Art Blakey (drums) and his Jazz Messengers
• Era:1964, Hard Bop
• Form: Something else
• # of choruses: 6 choruses
• Instruments: trumpet, tenor sax, trombone, piano, bass, drums

Question 8

Gregory is Here - page 144

Answer 8

• By: Horace Silver (piano) and the Brecker Brothers
• Era: 1972, Hard Bop
• Form: AABA (not 32 bar??)
• # of choruses: 4 choruses and an out chorus
• Instruments:tenor sax, flugelhorn, piano, bass guitar, drums

Question 9

Walkin’ and Swingin’ - page 92

Answer 9

• By: Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy ft. Mary Lou Williams (piano)
• Era: 1936, Swing
• Form: 32 AABA
• # of choruses: 4 choruses
• Instruments: piano, guitar, 3 trumpets, trombone, 2 alto saxs, 1 tenor sax, bass, drums

Question 10

Groovin’ High

Answer 10

• By: Charlie Parker (alto sax)and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
• Era: 1945, Bebop
• Form: Something Else
• # of choruses: 3 choruses
• Instruments: trumpet, guitar, alto sax, piano, bass, drums

Question 11

‘Round Midnight

Answer 11

• By: Thelonious Monk (piano)
• Era: 1969, Bebop
• Form: 32 AABA
• # of choruses: 2 choruses
• Instruments: piano

Question 12

Fables of Faubus

Answer 12

• By: Charles Mingus
• Era: 1959, Hard Bop
• Form: something else
• # of choruses: 3 choruses? ? ?
• Instruments: 3 saxophones, trombone, piano, bass and drums (considered to be unusual)

Question 13

Reckless Blues

Answer 13

• By:Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith
• Era: Early Jazz
• Form: 12 bar blues
• # of choruses: 4
• Instruments: vocals, cornet, harmonium