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Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 5 - Audio - Composers Performing their Own Works
> 1. This American bandleader, composer, and bassist died in 1979 at
> age 56. He was known as the "Angry Man of Jazz". His music was
> rooted in gospel and blues and he greatly admired of the music
> of Duke Ellington. He was one of the great bassists of his time.
Morton
> 2. Another American bandleader, composer, and trumpet player,
> he was born in 1925 and died in 1991. He associated with almost
> all of the greats of the modern jazz era and changed his musical
> style many times. One of his many albums is the best-selling
> jazz recording of all time.
Armstrong
> 3. This African-American composer and pianist, known as the "King
> of Ragtime", died in 1917. As well as numerous "rags",
> he composed music for ballet and opera, and was awarded a
> posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1976.
Joplin
> 4. This French composer, who lived 1875-1937, was one of the great
> figures associated with "Impressionistic Music". He was the son
> of a Swiss inventor and a Basque musical mother. His works for
> piano, chamber groups, and orchestra became standard concert
> repertoire and are known for their strong melodies, musical
> textures, and effects.
Saint-Saens
> 5. This jazz pianist and composer who lived 1917-82 is considered
> one of the greats of American music and is the next most
> frequently recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.
> Unorthodox even in dress and behavior, he wrote music that
> combines a highly percussive attack with dramatic hesitations
> and silences. He was featured on the cover of "Time" magazine
> and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously.
Monk
> 7. Born 1907, died 1994, an American jazz singer and bandleader,
> he composed and performed music over a long career. As a
> bandleader, he employed many of the day's jazz greats and was
> strongly associated with Harlem's Cotton Club. Notable for his
> scat-singing and dancing, he appeared in films and his music
> was used in animated cartoons.
Calloway
> 8. Born 1910, died 2004, the only child of Jewish immigrants
> from Russia. This swing-era bandleader was known as the "King
> of the Clarinet" and led one of the first racially integrated
> bands. He was also an author of both fiction and non-fiction
> and performed classical music with the New York Philharmonic
> under Leonard Bernstein. He was an early proponent of the
> "Third Stream", which blended classical and jazz styles.
Goodman
> 10. Born in 1910 to a Belgian Romani family, he died in 1953.
> He is regarded as one of the great jazz guitarists and was the
> first European to influence jazz. Many of his compositions
> have become jazz standards. His virtuosity on the guitar is
> even more remarkable because he had only two usable fingers on
> his left hand.
Reinhardt
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Arctic and Far North
> 2. Within 3?C, what is the average daily *low* temperature in
> in February?
-45 C
> 3. The word Arctic comes from the Greek word "arktikos", meaning
> "near the Bear" or "northern", and what it's referring to
> is one of two constellations. Give the full name *in Latin*
> of either of those constellations.
Ursa Major
> 4. Besides Canada, how many other countries """extend""" -- or
> """have""" territories that extend -- into the Arctic as defined
> by the Arctic Circle?
4
> 5. This lake, which extends north of the Arctic Circle, is the
> largest lake that is entirely in Canada, the 4th-largest in
> North America, and the 8th-largest in the world. Name it.
Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake
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