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MUSIC-15A-43484-F25 Quiz #5
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Match each of the following with the musician they describe. Some musicians may have more than one matching description. 1: He was the first truly influential European jazz musician. 2: He had spectacular dexterity and was recognized as the greatest virtuoso on the piano. When he first started performing in NY, other stride pianists instantly acknowledged his superiority. 3: He was a pioneer of the electric guitar, transforming the guitar into an instrument as supple and dynamic a solo instrument as the sax or trumpet. 4: He was a famous stride pianist in the 1920's. 5: He died after an extremely short but influential career at the age of 25 from tuberculosis. 6: He was the most original and influential trumpet player of the Swing Era. 7: He was a pianist who was legally blind. 8: He was hired by Benny Goodman to play in his small group, the group that had been the first in America to perform as an interracial band a few years earlier. 9: He was the first black musician to become a regular member of a white big band. 10: He wrote many popular songs and made more than 500 jazz and pop records. 11: Because of an injury early in his life, he learned to play the guitar with only two fingers and the thumb of his left hand.
Options
A.Django Reinhardt
B.Roy Eldridge
C.Charlie Christian
D.Fats Waller
E.Art Tatum
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The prompt asks us to match each numbered description with one of the provided musicians. I’ll go through each description, then consider how each option from the list could fit, noting why some options fit multiple times while others do not.
1) He was the first truly influential European jazz musician.
- Potential match: Django Reinhardt. Django is widely regarded as a foundational European figure in jazz, especially as a pioneering guitarist who helped establish European jazz identity. This makes sense for the first-influence clause.
- Why other options don’t fit as well here: Roy Eldridge and Charlie Christian are American jazz musicians; Fats Waller is American, and Art Tatum is American. So these do not capture the “first truly influential European” aspect.
2) He had spectacular dexterity and was recognized as the greatest virtuoso on the piano. When he first started performing in NY, other stride pianists instantly acknowledged his superiority.
- Potential match: Art Tatum. He is renowned for extraordinary technical facility and is often cited as the greatest piano virtuoso in jazz, with early acclaim in New York from fellow pianists who recognized his mastery.
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