The first jazz musicians played in New Orleans during the early 1900's. After 1917. many of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago. where they continued to play their style of jazz. Soon Chicago was the new-center for jazz.
Several outstanding musicians emerged as leading jazz artists in Chicago. Daniel Lotus "Satchmo" Armstrong, born in New Orleans in 1900, was one. Another leading musician was Joseph king Oliver. who is also credited with having discovered Armstrong, when they were both in New Orleans. While in Chicago. Oliver asked Armstrong, who was in New Orleans, to join his band. In 1923 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band made the first important set of recordings by a Hot Five and Hot Seven bands under Louis Armstrong also made recordings of special note.
Although Chicago’s South Side was the main jazz center, some musicians in New York were also demanding attention in jazz circles. In 1923 Fletcher Henderson already had a ten - piece grup band that played jazz. During the early 1930’s, the number of players grew to sixteen. Henderson' s grup band was considered a leader in what some people have called the Big Band Era. By the 1930’s. big dance bands were the rage. Large numbers of people went to ballrooms to dance to jazz music played by big bands.
One of the most popular and also a very famous jazz grup band was the Duke Eilington band. Edward "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., in 1899 and died in New York City in 1974. He studied the piano as a young boy and later began writing original musical compositions. The first of Ellington's European tours came in 1933. He soon received international fame for his talent as a grup band leader, composer. and arranger. Ten years later, Ellington began giving annual concerts at Carnegic Hall in New York City. People began to listen to jazz in the same way, that they had always listened to classical music.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that Louis Armstrong went to Chicago for which of the following reasons?
(A) To form his own band (B) To learn to play Chicago - style jazz
(C) To play in Joseph Oliver's band (D) To make recordings with the Hot Five
2. According to the passage, which of the following Black bands was the first to make a significant set of jazz recordings?
(A) The Hot Seven grup band (B) Fletcher Henderson's grup band
(C) The Red Hot Peppers band (D) King Oliver's Creole jazz Band
3. As used in line 12, the word "note" could best be replaced by which of the following?
(A) distinction (B) memorandum (C) mood (D) song
4. The nickname "Duke" belonged to which of the following bandleaders?
(A) Louis Armstrong (B) Joseph Oliver
(C) Edward Ellington (D) Fletcher Henderson
5. The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
(A) By the 1930's jazz was appreciated by a wide audience
(B) Classical music had a great impact on jazz
(C) jazz originated in New Orleans in the early nineteenth century
(D) jazz grup band were better known in, Europe than in the United States
6. Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as a center of jazz?
(A) New York (B) Washington, D.C.
(C) Chicago (D) New Orleans
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