1920s c
Across
- 5. Lady Day with a voice that could break your heart
- 8. cinematic it girl
- 9. Legendary Chicago venue where jazz masters like King Oliver played
- 11. Father of blues
- 12. craze that swept the nation from its Southern roots
- 13. Musicians played informal gatherings to help raise money for rent
- 15. Distinct note that colors jazz melodies with soul and emotio
- 16. Piano style with a driving, repetitive bass line and bluesy improvisation
Down
- 1. Smooth-sounding jazz instrument
- 2. one of Sidney Bechet's signature composition
- 3. This band included Bix on cornet and Miff on trombone
- 4. Powerful piano style, fast paced with left hand leaps
- 6. Early, lively jazz style born New Orleans
- 7. call and _____
- 10. Vocal style Louis helped popularize
- 12. Harlem hotspot where Duke Ellington’s band played, for whites only
- 14. Ethel Waters famously asked this bluesy question