Music Trivia World's quiz from May 21,2007.
Charlie ParkerJohn ColtraneMiles DavisCharles Mingus
2.Which influential guitarist from the '40s managed amazing musical passages with only the effective use of two fingers of his fretting hand?
Wes MontgomeryJoe PassDjango ReinhardtLes Paul
3.Which jazz trumpeter was famous for his horn, which was bent upwards?
Chet BakerDizzy GillespieDonald ByrdMaynard Ferguson
4.Elvis Costello married which Canadian jazz chanteuse?
Holly ColeLee AaronMolly JohnsonDiana Krall
5.Early in Miles Davis career, he became a member of which famous musician’s quintet?
John ColtraneBix BiederbeckeCharlie ParkerChet Baker
6.Which jazz saxophonist was noted for his work with rocker Sting in the ‘80s?
Ornette ColemanBranford MarsalisDavid SanbornLou Marini
7.Which artist has won the most Grammys in the category of Jazz?
Pat MethenyKenny GDave BrubeckQuincy Jones
8. This artist has released over a dozen albums, recorded movie soundtracks, dueted with Branford Marsalis, starred in Hollywood movies, married a Victoria’s Secret model, and was busted for carrying a 9mm pistol at JFK airport.
Kenny GHarry Connick Jr.Wynton MarsalisKenny Kirkland
9.Which influential musician/singer was known as Satchmo?
Louis ArmstrongDizzy GillespieCharlie ParkerOrnette Coleman
10.This big-band leader, the biggest of his era, disappeared while on Air Force duty, in a plane over the English Channel in 1944. His remains have never been found. Who was this man?
Tommy DorseyArtie ShawCount BasieGlen Miller
