Jazz Music Quiz

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Across
  1. 3. Big Band king ______ Ellington.
  2. 5. Making up music on the spot.
  3. 8. Jazz vocalist famous for scat singing ____ Fitzgerald.
  4. 9. Singing technique that is used to improvise.
  5. 11. Famous New Orleans jazz musician _____ _____ Morton.
  6. 13. Rhythmic technique used in jazz.
  7. 15. Great New York trumpet player ______ Gillespie.
  8. 16. Great New York jazz saxophone player Charlie ______.
Down
  1. 1. Chicago clarinet player Benny ________.
  2. 2. Famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player.
  3. 4. Songs sung by slaves that influenced jazz.
  4. 6. City that jazz first became popular.
  5. 7. Northern city where jazz started to get bigger.
  6. 10. Twelve bar jazz influence made popular by B.B. King.
  7. 12. Popular piano style that came before jazz.
  8. 14. Eastern city where jazz moved and became smaller again.