Jazz Artists- Big Influencers

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Across
  1. 1. Basie played piano in what kind of shows? Vaudeville
  2. 3. Coltrane played for this many hours almost everyday, most times forgetting to eat. Sixteen
  3. 4. style was a combination of rock rhythms and electronic instruments. Fusion
  4. 6. person puffed out their cheeks when they played trumpet and played with the bell bent up. Dizzy Gillespie
  5. 7. composer in jazz that wrote over 2,000 compositions. Duke Ellington
  6. 8. back jazz popular in the 1950's and 60's.
  7. 9. of jazz music using chords that were based off intervals of 4ths. Modal
  8. 11. of jazz popular for dancing in the 1930's and 1940's with Duke Ellington and Count Basie as major influencers. Swing
  9. 12. from addiction at the young age of just 35. Charlie Parker
  10. 14. genre of jazz music that was complex and fast. Bebop
  11. 15. Parker had this nickname because of his big appetite for chicken. Bird
Down
  1. 1. Basie's orchestra was called the _________ band ever. Swingingest
  2. 2. person turned their back on the audience when they played. Miles Davis
  3. 4. was more interested in art and baseball than piano? Duke Ellington
  4. 5. the best sax player of all time. John Coltrane
  5. 6. trumpet players album popularized modal jazz. Miles Davis.
  6. 8. Young was nicknamed this by Billie Holliday. Prez
  7. 10. who listened to bebop and enjoyed it. Hipsters
  8. 12. Gillespie is known for creating this new complex style of jazz popular in the 1940's and 1950's. Bebop
  9. 13. in everything they did. Count Basie