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. =============================================================================== 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. =============================================================================== That's it folks. Marcel Simon {most backbones}!mhuxr!mfs