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Jazz, Rock and Pop History

Key styles, artists and moments in American and world popular music.

69 cardsGrades 6–8, Grades 9–12, Adult#jazz#rock#pop#blues#history

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  • Where did jazz begin?Question
    New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 1900s
  • ImprovisationQuestion
    Making up music on the spot, a heart of jazz
  • SwingQuestion
    A jazz style with a bouncy rhythm, popular in the 1930s and 1940s
  • BebopQuestion
    Fast, complex jazz of the 1940s
  • Cool jazzQuestion
    A calmer, smoother jazz style of the 1950s
  • Louis ArmstrongQuestion
    Trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, a jazz pioneer
  • Duke EllingtonQuestion
    Pianist and bandleader who wrote Take the A Train
  • Ella FitzgeraldQuestion
    Singer known as the First Lady of Song, famed for scat singing
  • Scat singingQuestion
    Singing nonsense syllables as an instrument
  • Miles DavisQuestion
    Trumpeter who recorded Kind of Blue in 1959
  • John ColtraneQuestion
    Saxophonist who recorded A Love Supreme
  • Dizzy GillespieQuestion
    Trumpeter with a bent horn who helped create bebop
  • Charlie ParkerQuestion
    Saxophonist nicknamed Bird, a founder of bebop
  • Thelonious MonkQuestion
    Jazz pianist and composer known for unusual rhythm and harmony
  • Count BasieQuestion
    Pianist and bandleader of a famous swing orchestra
  • Billie HolidayQuestion
    Jazz singer nicknamed Lady Day
  • Dave BrubeckQuestion
    Pianist known for Take Five in 5/4 time
  • BluesQuestion
    A style rooted in African American communities of the Deep South, often 12 bars
  • Delta bluesQuestion
    Early blues from the Mississippi Delta region
  • B.B. KingQuestion
    Blues guitarist who named his guitar Lucille
  • Muddy WatersQuestion
    Chicago blues pioneer
  • Gospel musicQuestion
    Religious songs with powerful singing and a strong beat
  • RagtimeQuestion
    Syncopated piano style of the 1890s and early 1900s, led by Scott Joplin
  • Scott JoplinQuestion
    Composer of The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag
  • Country musicQuestion
    Style from the American South with stories, guitar and fiddle; Nashville is a hub
  • Grand Ole OpryQuestion
    Famous country music radio show in Nashville
  • Johnny CashQuestion
    Country singer called the Man in Black
  • Dolly PartonQuestion
    Country singer and songwriter who wrote I Will Always Love You
  • Rock and rollQuestion
    Style born in the 1950s from blues, country and gospel
  • Elvis PresleyQuestion
    Rock and roll star from Memphis nicknamed the King
  • Chuck BerryQuestion
    Rock and roll guitarist famous for Johnny B. Goode and duck walk
  • Little RichardQuestion
    Rock and roll pianist and singer of Tutti Frutti
  • Buddy HollyQuestion
    Rock and roll singer-songwriter from Lubbock, Texas
  • The BeatlesQuestion
    British band from Liverpool: John, Paul, George and Ringo
  • The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan ShowQuestion
    1964, watched by about 73 million Americans
  • The Rolling StonesQuestion
    British rock band formed in London in 1962
  • MotownQuestion
    Detroit record label founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy
  • Stevie WonderQuestion
    Motown singer and musician who started recording as a child
  • Aretha FranklinQuestion
    Soul singer called the Queen of Soul
  • James BrownQuestion
    Soul performer called the Godfather of Soul and a pioneer of funk
  • Folk revivalQuestion
    1960s movement of acoustic songs about life and justice
  • Bob DylanQuestion
    Folk and rock songwriter who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016
  • WoodstockQuestion
    1969 music festival in New York with about 400,000 people
  • Jimi HendrixQuestion
    Electric guitar legend who played Woodstock in 1969
  • Led ZeppelinQuestion
    British hard rock band formed in 1968
  • Pink FloydQuestion
    British band known for the album The Dark Side of the Moon
  • QueenQuestion
    British band led by Freddie Mercury, singers of Bohemian Rhapsody
  • DiscoQuestion
    Dance music of the 1970s
  • Punk rockQuestion
    Fast, short, raw rock from the mid-1970s
  • Hip-hopQuestion
    Culture born in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s: rapping, DJing, breakdancing, graffiti
  • DJ Kool HercQuestion
    Early hip-hop pioneer who hosted Bronx parties in 1973
  • MTVQuestion
    Music video channel launched in 1981
  • Michael JacksonQuestion
    Pop star whose album Thriller was released in 1982
  • MadonnaQuestion
    Pop singer who rose to fame in the 1980s
  • Whitney HoustonQuestion
    Pop and R&B singer of the 1980s and 90s
  • PrinceQuestion
    Minneapolis musician known for Purple Rain
  • GrungeQuestion
    1990s rock style from Seattle, including Nirvana
  • NirvanaQuestion
    Seattle grunge band formed in 1987
  • NapsterQuestion
    Music file-sharing service launched in 1999
  • iTunes StoreQuestion
    Apple's music store opened in 2003
  • StreamingQuestion
    Playing music over the internet without owning the files
  • Electric guitarQuestion
    Guitar using pickups and an amplifier, key to rock music
  • SynthesizerQuestion
    Electronic instrument that makes sounds with circuits, popular from the 1970s
  • Taylor SwiftQuestion
    Pop and country singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania who released her first album in 2006
  • ReggaeQuestion
    Jamaican style with offbeat rhythm, made famous by Bob Marley
  • Bob MarleyQuestion
    Jamaican reggae star
  • K-popQuestion
    Pop music from South Korea
  • Latin popQuestion
    Pop with Spanish language and Latin rhythms
  • SalsaQuestion
    Latin dance music with roots in Cuba and Puerto Rico

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