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Alphalary for Jazz (248)
A)Accent, Accolades, Accompaniment, Acoustics, Act, Adaptation, Admiration, Admission, Affect, Aficionado, Airplay, Album, Amphitheater, Amplifier, Applause, Appreciate, Arrangement, Array, Artist, Assemble, Atonal, Audience, Auditorium, Awe
B)Background, Band, Banjo, Bassist, Beat, Beginnings, Big time, Blues, Bones, Boogie-woogie, Bookings, Bop, Box office, Brass, Business, Buzz
C)Cajun, CD, Charismatic, Clamorous, Clarinet, Classics, Clubs, Collaboration, Complex, Composer, Composition, Concept, Concert, Contemporary, Contracts, Cool jazz, Cornet, Creative, Crows, Current, Cutting edge
D)Dance, Date, Derivations, Devotee, Distinctive, Distortion, Drummer, Drums
E)Effect, Element, Emotional, Emphasis, Energy, Enjoyment, Entertainment, Era, Event, Exciting, Exposure, Extravaganza
F)Fame, Famous, Fans, Favorites, Featuring, Feeling, Festival, Finest, Focus, Format, Fundraiser, Fusion, Fusion jazz
G)Genre, Golden age, Groove, Group, Guests, Guitar
H)Harmony, Headphones, Hear, Hit, Homage, Homemade, Horns
I)Imitation, Improvisation, Include, Influences, Information, Inspiring, Instruments, International, Interpolation, Interpretation, Invigorating, Invitation, Irregular
J)Jam session, Jazz, Jug
K)Keyboard, Keys
L)Legend, Limit, Listen, Lively, Loud, Loud, Lover, Lyrics
M)Masses, Mega-event, Mellow, Melody, Meter, Microphone, Mike, Mixture, Modes, Mouthpiece, Multimedia, Music, Musicians
N)New, New Orleans, Night, Nightclub
O)Old, Orchestra, Organized, Origins
P)Partnership, Passionate, Percussion, Perform, Performance, Periods, Personality, Phrase, Piano, Play, Pleasure, Polish, Popular, Primitive, Produce, Product
Q)Quartet
R)Ragtime, Range, Raucous, Raw, Recording, Regional, Regular, Relaxation, Repetitive, Reunion, Revere, Revere, Rhythm, Rhythm-and-blues, Riff, Roots
S)Saxophone, Scalpers, Section, Sensational, Set, Share, Show, Show business, Singer, Solo, Song, Songwriter, Soothing, Soul, Sounds, Southern, Speakers, Stage, Staging, Star, Start, Stdio, String bass, Strong, Style, Superstars, Swing, Syncopation, Synthesizer
T)Talent, Taps, Technique, Tickets, Timeless, Timing, Tones, Tour, Traditional, Trend, Tribute, Trio, Trombone, Trombone, Troupe, Trumpet, Tuba
U)Upbeat, Urban
V)Venue, Verses, Veteran, Veteran, Violin, Visionary, Vocalization, Volume
W)Washboard
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Z)Zealous, Zobo, Zydeco
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Eight basic instrumentsof early jazz included: bass, clarinet, drums, guitar, piano, saxophone, trombone and the trumpet.

Some recognizable names: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, George Benson, Dave Brubeck Quartet, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Scott Joplin, Gene Krupa, John Lewis, Wynton Marsalis, Gerry Mullign, Oliver Nelson, Doc Spaulding, Pete Steeger, Jack Teegarden, "Fats" Waller etc.

Discussion questions:
1. How did jazz begin? What influences helped develop jazz?
2. In the 1920's, a period often referred to as the Golden Age, there were many outstanding musicians. Name three or four of them. Write paragraphs about them and the influences they played in music.
3. Another important period of time is called the Swing Era. Name some of the bands and performers.
4. Choose four or five of the performers above and discuss their talents and contributions.