Jazz Trivia: Can You Name These Legendary Musicians?

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1.

Which artist was responsible for the album "A Love Supreme"?

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Answer: John Coltrane
2.

What California based group performs only Charlie Parker songs?

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Answer: Supersax
3.

What sport does Lars Ulrich's father Torben, a jazz musician, play professionally?

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Answer: Tennis
4.

In 1956 two great tenor-sax players teamed up on a track called Tenor Madness. Who are they?

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Answer: Sonny Rollins & John Coltrane
5.

What are the first names of jazz songsters Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross?

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Answer: Eddie, Jon, And Annie
6.

What famous, now deceased jazz guitarist never knew how to read music?

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Answer: Joe Pass
7.

What was the name of jazz fusion guitarist Pat Metheny's album of noise?

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Answer: Zero Tolerance Of Silence
8.

On what label was the first recorded use of the bass drum in jazz used...and by whom?

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Answer: Okeh...Gene Krupa
9.

Who was the bassist in the original Oscar Peterson Trio?

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Answer: Ray Brown
10.

What Jazz star is featured on the album "52nd Street"?

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Answer: Michael Brecker
11.

What song did Ella Fitzgerald have in the pop charts in April, 1963?

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Answer: Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
12.

Who was the Nashville session guitarist whose single jazz record became a classic?

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Answer: Hank Garland
13.

What was jazz pianist Bill Evans' first composition?

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Answer: Very Early
14.

When did Lars Ulrich move to America with his father, jazz musician and tennis pro Tolben Ulrich?

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Answer: 1980
15.

The album "Yankees" is by Derek Bailey and which horn players?

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Answer: John Zorn And George Lewis
16.

In what TV show did jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon star?

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Answer: Run, Buddy, Run
17.

Which instrument is jazz artist Ron Carter famous for playing?

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Answer: Piccolo Bass
18.

What great jazz and experimental singer/songwriter's equally talented musician son drowned in 1997?

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Answer: Tim Buckley
19.

How much money did Sinatra pay for the release of his kidnapped son?

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Answer: $240,000
20.

Whose autobiography is titled "To Be or Not to Bop"?

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Answer: Dizzy Gillespie
21.

Who was discovered by jazz musician Les McCann?

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Answer: Roberta Flack
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