Chapter 2: JAZZ

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Across
  1. 1. Type of jazz characterized by fast tempos and difficult melodies.
  2. 5. Charlie Parker’s nick name.
  3. 6. A style of jazz developed in New Orleans.
  4. 10. Famous space in New York City used for serious music performances.
  5. 11. Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong played this instrument.
  6. 12. ”Dizzy”
  7. 15. Specific written parts of the musicians.
  8. 16. Dixieland jazz musician.
Down
  1. 2. 12-18 musicians that play written out jazz swing arrangements.
  2. 3. Song by Armstrong; “what a ______ world”.
  3. 4. One of the first musicians to explore jazz-rock in the mid 1960’s.
  4. 7. Jazz composer, pianist and band leader of big band swing.
  5. 8. American music genre popular between 1897 and 1918.
  6. 9. Performed by bebop players who memorize melody and chords, improvise the rest.
  7. 13. Composing music spontaneously “on the spot”.
  8. 14. Another name for jazz-rock.