mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) (06/08/85)
Well here it is, the first (maybe last) Usenet Jazz Trivia Quiz.
Please *MAIL* answers to me. I will post the responses around July 15.
Include your name or desired alias so I can credit your score.
Prize will be a hearty electronic handshake from me, plus the inner joy
derived from the knowledge that you have memorized remarkably obscure
information (:-). Void where prohibited.
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A- Names and Nicknames
I- What are the real names of:
1- Little Jazz
2- Jaws
3- The Vice Prez
4- The Jeep (also known as the Rabbit)
5- The High Priest of Bebop
II- What are the first names of:
6- Dizzy Gillespie
7- Sonny Rollins
8- Cannonball Adderley
9- Gato Barbieri
10- Count Basie
11- Duke Ellington
B- Recordings
12- Joe Zawinul has led or co-led three LPs outside of Weather Report.
Name them.
13- Charles Mingus' first LP for Bethlehem, EAST COASTING, featured
the recording debut of a pianist who later went on to considerable
fame and adulation. Who is it?
14- There are two different jazz tunes named "Lonely Woman." Who are
the authors?
15- What is the first LP recorded with Chick Corea (not necessarily
as a leader)?
16- Two Jazzmen have recently recorded versions of Michael Jackson
tunes. One is Miles Davis. Who is the other?
17- What is the tune?
18- What band did Wayne Shorter make his recording debut with?
19- Who was in the band?
20- True or False: Thew Billie in Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce"
refers to Billie Holiday.
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That's it folks.
Marcel Simon
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