Study Sheet to Ken Burns Disk 5 - Jazz Appreciation

1. How many swing records were sold in 1939? 2. Just weeks after his premier at the Palomar Ballroom which positions did Benny Goodmans records occupy on the charts? 3. Who made the statement, Jazz is music, Swing is business? 4. How much of Louis Armstrongs income went to his longtime manager, Joe Glazer? 5. Which band leader had the best dressed, best rehearsed big band in the industry? 6. Which trombonist/bandleader turned the trombone into a singing instrument? 7. According to Artie Shaw, what was Glenn Millers groups main flaw? 8. Who was Benny Goodmans greatest rival? 9. Before the union stepped in, how many nights a week and miles a day would a big band travel? 10. What was the typical bandleaders protocol for arranging for food and lodging for their musicians? 11. What was one of Benny Goodmans most famous records that involved a desegregated trio? 12. Who was the controversial pianist in Benny Goodmans trio? 13. What instrument was added in order to turn Bennys trio into a quartet and who was the musician? 14. Who was Billie Holidays father and what instrument did he play? 15. Who discovered Billy Holiday? 16. How big was Billie Holidays vocal range?