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Scavenger Hunt on the subject of The History of Jazz
By Greta LeAnn Richardson
One of the greatest American Jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), was born and raised in the "birthplace of jazz,". What is the name of this city?
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Who was the first Jazz Musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in music?
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Jazz musician, Billie Holiday grew up in jazz talent-rich in the 1920s. As a young teenager, Holiday served the beginning part of her so-called "apprenticeship" by singing along with records by Bessie Smith or Louis Armstrong in after-hours jazz clubs. Billie Holiday was her stage name, what was her real name?
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There were a handful of short Jazz films made in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1935, what Famous Jazz Musician starred in "Symphony In Black "?
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In the mid-1930s, as the Great Depression stubbornly refused to lift, jazz came as close as it has ever come to being America's popular music. It had a new name now, and its impact was revolutionary. What was the name of this new style of Jazz?
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In addition to writing jazz songs, he also composed ballets, musicals, film scores, and more. In 1969, President Nixon gave this Jazz Musician a 70th birthday party at The White House, and honored him by giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This honor was fitting for a man whose maintained a career for half a century based on self-expression, integrity and individuality. Who was this Jazz Musician?
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Is Jazz the first indigenous American style music to affect the rest of the World?
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When was the Bebop era in Jazz Music?
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What is Jazz Improvisation?
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Jazz Musician Stan Getz's version of "Desafinado" from the album Jazz Samba with Charlie Byrd was a huge hit, but it was his collaboration with Joao Gilberto on what album that was his biggest seller?
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@ Greta LeAnn Richardson, 2007, all rights reserved/ Revised 02/15/2007