The following terms in boldface (as well as a few concepts not specifically listed, but indicated in these review questions) are drawn from Chapter 5 and class lectures on this material. You should know all of these terms, including their (1) spelling, (2) pronunciation, and (3) definition, and be able to use them correctly in speaking and writing about music.

Please note that while you are not responsible for Listening on this test, you may find it useful to review the examples in Chapter 5 included on the CD accompanying the textbook. You will be tested on the Listening examples in a separate Listening quiz.

1. What is "swing", what sorts of ensembles played it and how was this music primarily used? How did recordings, radio, and other formats help to disseminate this music?
2. What are the ususal instruments of a Swing era Big Band, and how large is each section (generally)? What changes occur in the rhythm section (both new instruments and the roles of each), and what new instrument appears in the reed section?
3. What do the following terms mean in the language of a big band musician: library or book, chart, chair, frontman, sideman?
4. What were the territory bands, and in what part(s) of the United States did they operate? Who were some of the better known leaders and bands in the territories, and in what major city were they the most commercially successful?
5. Who were Mary Lou Williams, Bennie Moten and William "Count" Basie, and what did each contribute to the Kansas City sound? What is riffing and how does the rhythm section help to create that new sound?
6. Who was Benny Goodman, and why was he known as the "King of Swing"? How did his band become commercially famous, and whose arrangements did they often play (whose book did he buy)? In what important classical music hall did his band play?
7. Why was Goodman's small group important in the history of jazz (beyond its purely musical interest)? Who were Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton? What sorts of music did Goodman play beyond jazz?
8. How succesful was Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra during the Swing Era, and why was this so? How was Ellington's sound different from that of other bands in the 1930s, and (especially) why was that so? What are some of the basic characteristics of Ellington's sound? Who was Billy Strayhorn and what did he contribute to the Ellington sound?