Which jazz album by John Coltrane was released in 1965 under the title A Love Supreme?
Answer
A Love Supreme
80 Jazz Legends Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was Duke Ellington’s orchestra’s signature train-themed composition?
Answer
Take the “A” Train
Which jazz pianist composed “Waltz for Debby”?
Answer
Bill Evans
Which jazz bandleader was nicknamed “The Count”?
Answer
Count Basie
Which jazz musician recorded the landmark album Giant Steps?
Answer
John Coltrane
Which jazz singer was known as “The Divine One”?
Answer
Sarah Vaughan
What was Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography called?
Answer
Lady Sings the Blues
Which jazz bassist led the 1959 album Mingus Ah Um?
Answer
Charles Mingus
Which guitarist lost the use of two fingers after a 1928 fire but continued playing jazz?
Answer
Django Reinhardt
Which jazz musician wrote the score for the 1986 film Round Midnight?
Answer
Herbie Hancock
Which jazz festival, founded in 1954, is held in Newport, Rhode Island?
Answer
Newport Jazz Festival
What was Nina Simone’s birth name?
Answer
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
Which pianist led the trio on Bill Evans’s 1961 album Waltz for Debby?
Answer
Bill Evans
What was Dizzy Gillespie’s birth name?
Answer
John Birks Gillespie
What was the title of the first jazz record, released by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917?
Answer
Livery Stable Blues
Which singer recorded the jazz standard “Strange Fruit” in 1939?
Answer
Billie Holiday
Who co-founded the Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey in 1954?
Answer
Horace Silver
Which John Coltrane album, released in 1965, is a four-part spiritual suite?
Answer
A Love Supreme
What nickname is most associated with jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald?
Answer
First Lady of Song
Which 1959 Miles Davis album is widely regarded as the best-selling jazz album?
Answer
Kind of Blue
What instrument did Charlie Parker famously play in jazz?
Answer
Alto saxophone
In which city was jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong born?
Answer
New Orleans