Jazz

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Memorize these and recognize 45.0% of all Jazz clues.

1 Duke Ellington 10x

2 Louis Armstrong 9x

3 Ella Fitzgerald 9x

4 Charlie Parker 9x

5 Miles Davis 7x

6 Count Basie 7x

7 Billie Holiday 5x

8 Dave Brubeck 5x

9 Lionel Hampton 4x

10 Fats Waller 4x

11 Wynton Marsalis 4x

12 Dizzy Gillespie 4x

13 Earl "Fatha" Hines 3x

14 Django Reinhardt 3x

15 Dizzy 3x

16 Cab Calloway 3x

17 Buddy Rich 3x

18 Woody Herman 2x

19 Thelonious Monk 2x

20 Quincy Jones 2x

21 New Orleans 2x

22 George Benson 2x

23 Gene Krupa 2x

24 Fats 2x

25 Erroll Garner 2x

26 Dixieland 2x

27 Chick 2x

28 Cannonball 2x

29 Branford Marsalis 2x

30 Bix 2x

31 Benny Goodman 2x

32 "Take The 'A' Train" 2x

33 "My Favorite Things" 2x

34 "Dizzy" 2x

35 vibes 2x

36 the swing 2x

37 the double bass 2x

38 the clarinet 2x

39 a saxophone 2x

40 Duke 2x

Sample Clues

This bandleader from D.C. traveled with an electric piano, now in the Smithsonian, so he wouldn't wake hotel guests

Duke Ellington

In 1952 this musician known as "Satchmo" became the first inducted into Down Beat magazine's Jazz Hall of Fame

Louis Armstrong

She's the "First Lady of Song" seen here

Ella Fitzgerald

This sax great's last public engagement was on March 5, 1955 at Birdland, a New York City club named for him

Charlie Parker

"Miles Ahead" is a 1957 album by this jazz trumpeter

Miles Davis

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Duke Ellington (10) Ella Fitzgerald (9) Louis Armstrong (8) Miles Davis (7) Count Basie (7) Charlie Parker (6) Billie Holiday (5) Dave Brubeck (5) Lionel Hampton (4) Fats Waller (4) Wynton Marsalis (3) Earl "Fatha" Hines (3) Django Reinhardt (3) Dizzy Gillespie (3) Dizzy (3) Cab Calloway (3) Buddy Rich (3) Woody Herman (2) Thelonious Monk (2) Quincy Jones (2) New Orleans (2) George Benson (2) Gene Krupa (2) Fats (2) Erroll Garner (2) Dixieland (2) Chick (2) Cannonball (2) Branford Marsalis (2) Bix (2)