Chapter 2: JAZZ

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