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Hardbop Piano Quiz |
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1.
Whose first hit record was a hardbop number called 'Watermelon Man'?
a)
Larry Willis
b)
Hugh Lawson
c)
Herbie Hancock
d)
Wynton Kelly
2. Whose earliest musical influences were Cape Verdean folk and boogie woogie?
a)
Jaki Byard
b)
Horace Silver
c)
Cyrus Chestnut
d) Phineas Newborn Jnr
3. Who wrote 'Dis
Here', 'Dat Dere' and 'Moanin'?
a)
Kirk Lightsey
b)
Elmo Hope
c)
Bobby Timmons
d)
Ahmad Jamal
4. Which hardbop & boogie pianist first played with Gene Ammons?
a)
Kenny Drew
b)Tommy Flanagan
c)
Junior Mance
d)
Ramsey Lewis
5. Which hardbop and boogie pianist had a hit with 'Cubano
Chant'?
a)
Joanne Brackeen
b)
Hampton Hawes
c)
Red Garland
d)
Ray Bryant
6. Which soul pianist had a hit with 'Compared to What'?
a)
Jimmy Smith
b)
Les McCann
c)
Hampton Hawes
d)
Ritchie Powell
7. Which pianist born in Tippo, Mississippi, wrote 'Parchman Farm'?
a)
Dave Frishberg
b)
Ben Sidran
c)
Ray Charles
d)
Mose Allison
8. Who wrote 'I wish I knew How it Would Feel to be
Free' ?
a.)
Barry Harris
b.)
Billy Taylor
c.)
Nat King Cole
d.)
Nina Simone
9. Which pianist had a polio crippled right hand and a powerful
left hand?
a.)
George Wallington
b.)
Doctor John
c.)
Horace Parlan
d.)
Al Haig
10. Which former boogie pianist started playing funk with Stanley Turrentine?
a.)
John Hicks
b.)
Gene Harris
c.)
Charles Brown
d.)
Walter Bishop Jnr