JAZZQUIZ
for
April
Try our monthly quiz. Fifteen questions to challenge those little grey cells.
True or False?
For our quiz this month we gave you fifteen jazz-related statements where you decide whether the statement is true or false - how many did you get right? The answers are below ....
Give yourself one extra point if you were able to identify the title of the song that contains the words
Don't you cry, don't you fret
You can bet one lucky day you'll waken
And your blues will be forsaken
One lucky day, lovely day will come your way
Don't forget to check your score.
A link to the answers is at the bottom of the page.
THE APRIL JAZZ QUIZ
True or False?
1. A chalamet is an early version of the clarinet.
2. Trumpeter and bandleader Kenny Ball was awarded honourary citizenship of New Orleans in 1963.
3. In 1938 at the Savoy Ballroom, Count Basie and Chick Webb's bands faced each other for a 'Battle Of The Bands' . Metronome magazine reported that Basie conquered the battle.
4. In March 1990, Ella Fitzgerald appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the Count Basie Orchestra for the launch of the Jazz FM radio station. Three years later, In 1993, both of her legs were amputated below the knee due to the effects of diabetes.
5. Viola Davis won 'Best Actress' at the 2021 Oscars for her role as the Blues singer Ma Rainey in the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
6. I Let A Song Go Out OF My Heart is a 1938 composition by Duke Ellington.
7. Martha Tilton was a vocalist with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra. She is particularly remembered for their 1939 recording of Hear The Angels Sing.
8. Van Morrison is to receive a 'Lifetime Achievement' Award at the 2026 JazzFM Awards on the 16th April.
9. Red Mackenzie, who founded the Mound City Blue Blowers in 1923, went into a temporary retirement at the age of 40, moving back to his hometown, St. Louis, to work at a brewery for four years. In 1948 he died from cirrhosis of the liver.
10. The American fusion band, Yellowjackets, is named after a television series and workers at Maplins holiday camp.
11. During the Depression, saxophonist Sidney Bechet and trumpeter Tommy Ladnier opened a tailor shop in Harlem.
12. Bob Crosby, bandleader of the Bob-Cats who were formed in 1935, is often mistaken as being related to vocalist Bing Crosby. Their only connection is that they were both vocalists.
13. The Zoot Suit, a high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, suit with pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders, became popular in America during the 1940s when it caught on after it was worn by saxophonist Zoot Sims in his gigs away from the Woody Herman band.
14. In 1959, "Petite Fleur" reached No 1 in the UK hit parade as a clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine with Chris Barber's Jazz Band.
15. Vocalist Julie Driscoll married pianist Keith Tippett and concentrated on experimental vocal music, using the name Julie Tippetts, which adopts the original spelling of her husband's surname.
The answers are HERE