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