JAZZQUIZ
for
September
Try our monthly quiz. Fifteen questions to challenge those little grey cells.
Mothers And Fathers
For our quiz this month we challenge you with fifteen questions concerning jazz mothers and fathers. How many can you work out?
Give yourself one extra point if you are able to identify the name of the song from which these lines are taken:
My mama done told me
When I was in knee-pants
My mama done told me, "Son"
She said, "A woman'll sweet talk
And she'll give you the big eye
A link to the answers is at the bottom of the page.
Don't forget to check your score.
The September Jazz Quiz
Mothers And Fathers
1. Which pianist, once called the first modern jazz pianist, had the nickname 'Fatha'?
2. Whose Quintet released the album Song For My Father in 1965?
3. What was Blues singer Willie Mae Thornton's nickname - Little Mama Thornton; Big Mama Thornton or Fat Mama Thornton?
4. In what year was the film It's Trad Dad released - 1959; 1960 or 1962?
5. According to the song, when have you "Gotta See Mama"?
6. Which American composer and musician was known as the "Father of the Blues"?
7. Which Humphrey Lyttelton saxophonist was known to call people "Dad" whatever their age or gender - Bruce Turner; Jimmy Hastings or Kathy Stobart?
8. According to the song, where was the "Ding Dong Daddy" from?
9. Dubbed 'Mother Of The Blues', which singer's life was documented on Netflix with the subtitle of her "Black Bottom" song and starred Viola Davis?
10. How does the Sidney Bechet standard "Si Tu Vois Ma Mère" translate into English - "So I listened to my Mother"; " Whenever I Hear My Mother's voice"; or "If You See My Mother"?
11. Ella Fitzgerald sang "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" with the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1939. Who wrote the song - Cole Porter; Richard Rodgers or Irving Berlin?
12. The tune "One For Daddy-O" appeared on a 1958 album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. What was the title of the album - "Them Dirty Blues", Somethin' Else; or "Cannonball's Sharpshooters"?
13. With which band did Bix Beiderbecke first record his composition "Lazy Daddy"?
14. Which 'free' jazz saxophonist who died in 2006 was the father of saxophonist Joshua Redman?
15. Trumpeter and bandleader Oscar Celestin who led the Tuxedo Brass Band in New Orleans for years, was better know by his nickname. What was it?
The answers are HERE