Identify a significant aspect about Mary Lou Williams.Multiple choice question.She always performed with a fiercely rapid tempo and an unrelenting emotional intensity.She contributed heavily in establishing relationships between concert music and jazz.She demonstrated a more cerebral and a less impassioned way of playing jazz.She produced highly original and distinctive arrangements while also performing as a pianist.

Which of the following statements is true of Mary Lou Williams?Multiple choice question.She developed a distinctive jazz sound using a clarinet lead supported by four saxophones.She restrained herself from composing music for the musical style called bebop.She brought big band music to national attention through her radio programs.She contributed to all the evolving styles of popular piano music.

A characteristic of jazz is that Blank______.Multiple choice question.it had important reciprocal relationships with popular songit had important reciprocal relationships with Native American chantingit was primarily a vocal conceptit was primarily a percussion concept

Which of the following women most defied traditional female roles in the jazz world?Multiple ChoiceBillie HolidayElla FitzgeraldBessie SmithMary Lou Williams

Identify an accurate statement about jazz.Multiple choice question.Jazz was considered music for dancing from the 1940s.Jazz always followed prearranged or familiar harmonic progressions.Jazz was performed frequently in concert by the early 1950s.Jazz never supported the idea of instrumental improvisation during performances.

Identify a characteristic of Charlie Parker.Multiple choice question.He introduced new rhythmic, melodic, and improvisational techniques that lifted jazz to a different plane.He provided a lush string sound to jazz replacing the brassier sound of big band jazz.He used the microphone not only to amplify but to alter his sax tones and add expressive effects.He introduced the role of accompaniment of instrumental soloists and outstanding vocalists in jazz.