British Jazz Music MCQs with Answers
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for the album “Kind of Blue?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: d) Miles Davis
Which British jazz musician is known for playing the trumpet and leading his own big band?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for the album “Giant Steps”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his virtuosic skills on the clarinet and the composition “Clarinet Marmalade”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “The Jungle Band”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Fats Waller
d) Miles Davis
Answer: c) Fats Waller
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Caravan” and “Take the ‘A’ Train”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “A Love Supreme”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his pioneering work in bebop and the composition “Ornithology”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Charlie Parker
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Charlie Parker
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for the album “Piano Portraits”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Rick Wakeman
Answer: d) Rick Wakeman
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his innovative playing style on the trombone and the composition “Big Noise from Winnetka”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Jack Teagarden
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Jack Teagarden
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “Hot Five” and “Hot Seven”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Jelly Roll Morton
Answer: d) Jelly Roll Morton
Which British jazz musician is known for his distinctive playing style on the clarinet and the composition “Sing, Sing, Sing”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: a) Benny Goodman
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his virtuosic skills on the clarinet and the composition “Clarinet Marmalade”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “The Jungle Band”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Fats Waller
d) Miles Davis
Answer: c) Fats Waller
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Caravan” and “Take the ‘A’ Train”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “A Love Supreme”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his pioneering work in bebop and the composition “Ornithology”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Charlie Parker
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Charlie Parker
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for the album “Piano Portraits”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Rick Wakeman
Answer: d) Rick Wakeman
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his innovative playing style on the trombone and the composition “Big Noise from Winnetka”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Jack Teagarden
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Jack Teagarden
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “Hot Five” and “Hot Seven”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Jelly Roll Morton
Answer: d) Jelly Roll Morton
Which British jazz musician is known for his distinctive playing style on the clarinet and the composition “Sing, Sing, Sing”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: a) Benny Goodman
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his virtuosic skills on the clarinet and the composition “Clarinet Marmalade”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “The Jungle Band”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Fats Waller
d) Miles Davis
Answer: c) Fats Waller
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Caravan” and “Take the ‘A’ Train”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “A Love Supreme”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his pioneering work in bebop and the composition “Ornithology”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Charlie Parker
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Charlie Parker
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for the album “Piano Portraits”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Rick Wakeman
Answer: d) Rick Wakeman
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his innovative playing style on the trombone and the composition “Big Noise from Winnetka”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Jack Teagarden
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Jack Teagarden
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “Hot Five” and “Hot Seven”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Jelly Roll Morton
Answer: d) Jelly Roll Morton
Which British jazz musician is known for his distinctive playing style on the clarinet and the composition “Sing, Sing, Sing”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: a) Benny Goodman
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his virtuosic skills on the clarinet and the composition “Clarinet Marmalade”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “The Jungle Band”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Fats Waller
d) Miles Davis
Answer: c) Fats Waller
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Caravan” and “Take the ‘A’ Train”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “A Love Supreme”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his pioneering work in bebop and the composition “Ornithology”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Charlie Parker
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Charlie Parker
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for the album “Piano Portraits”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Rick Wakeman
Answer: d) Rick Wakeman
Which British jazz musician is known for his influential work as a bandleader and composer of “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: b) Duke Ellington
Who was a British jazz saxophonist and composer known for his album “Blue Train”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Miles Davis
Answer: a) John Coltrane
Which British jazz musician is known for his innovative playing style on the trombone and the composition “Big Noise from Winnetka”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Jack Teagarden
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: c) Jack Teagarden
Who was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the band “Hot Five” and “Hot Seven”?
a) John Coltrane
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Jelly Roll Morton
Answer: d) Jelly Roll Morton
Which British jazz musician is known for his distinctive playing style on the clarinet and the composition “Sing, Sing, Sing”?
a) Benny Goodman
b) Duke Ellington
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Humphrey Lyttelton
Answer: a) Benny Goodman