Jazz Unit Review

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Across
  1. 2. Music _____ is the "science"/rules for how music is written and structured
  2. 7. Latin Style of jazz that includes subgenres like Sambas and Bossa Novas
  3. 8. The section of instruments responsible for supporting the horns and setting the groove, like piano, bass, and drums
  4. 11. When 8th notes are played uneven, in a long-short pattern
  5. 15. Jazz pianist and band leader who wrote/collaborated on over 1,000 pieces of jazz music
  6. 16. Putting emphasis on the "upbeat" of the music
  7. 17. Latin Style of jazz based on Cuban dance music and used repeated ostinato patterns
  8. 18. Popular Bebop saxophonist, and pushed the idea that jazz players were intellectuals, not just entertainers
  9. 20. When learning to improvise, jazz musicians should seek to _____ the solos of famous artists
Down
  1. 1. The act of performing something by listening and reacting in the spur of the moment
  2. 3. Style of jazz that used "a heavy, insistent beat." The predecessor to Rock and Roll
  3. 4. Individual freedom but a responsibility to the group; jazz is often compared to this form of government
  4. 5. The section of instruments responsible for playing the melody and solos, like Trumpets, Trombones, and Saxophones
  5. 6. In Jazz, it's more about the ____ a song is played, not about what is played
  6. 7. Grew up during the Dixieland Era of Jazz, and was both a trumpet player and singer
  7. 9. Style of jazz music that originated from funeral marches and featured collaborative improv solos
  8. 10. Jazz music was born from the culture of ______-American slaves that were freed after the Civil War
  9. 12. Bebop and Afro-Cuban Trumpet player known for his bent trumpet and puffed cheeks while playing
  10. 13. Style of singing where nonsense syllables are used to almost imitate an instrument
  11. 14. Known as the Queen of Jazz, and for the impeccable scat singing
  12. 19. Style of jazz that featured fast tempos, complex chord progressions, and instrumental virtuosity