Fusion brought about serious schisms within the world of jazz.True false question.TrueFalse

Fusion maintained jazz’s focus on solo improvisation while integrating rock instrumentation.Group startsTrue or FalseTrue, unselectedFalse, unselected

Identify a true statement about jazz-rock-fusion.Multiple choice question.It involved the use of traditional stand-up bass instead of electric bass.It contains vocals generally inherent to rock music.It is usually slower than traditional jazz.It is an instrumental music.

Identify an accurate statement about jazz music during the 1960s.Multiple choice question.As emerging new styles joined without replacing established trends in jazz, the jazz experience decreased in complexity and sophistication.Jazz belonged mostly to the popular music world than to the classical music world.Jazz musicians detested the idea of collective improvisation by several, or even by all, ensemble members at the same time.Even as emerging new styles joined without replacing established trends in jazz, jazz music hardly gained popularity.

Identify an accurate statement about John Lewis.Multiple choice question.He introduced free collective improvisation in an album titled Free Jazz, which defied the perception of jazz as accessible to the ordinary listener.He became prominent in fusion, forming, in 1970, a popular and influential fusion group, Return to Forever.He was a classically trained African American pianist interested in the forms of European art music of the Baroque and Renaissance period.He referred famously to classical music as the "first stream" of music and jazz as the "second stream."

Which of the following is true about jazz music in the 1980s?Multiple choice question.Most musicians or groups participated in a specific kind of jazz, establishing a definitive identity with it.New information about other music traditions, together with sophisticated new technology, greatly extended the range of jazz identity.World music lost its significance and so did jazz music.Electronic techniques greatly reduced exploration and discovery for jazz musicians.