Answer the following about tragic early deaths in jazz music, for 10 points each.
[10e] This jazz singer, who died of cirrhosis at 44, was known for co-writing the song “God Bless the Child” and dramatic performances of the song “Strange Fruit.” She was nicknamed “Lady Day.”
ANSWER: Billie Holiday [or Eleanora Fagan]
[10m] Fats Waller, a jazz musician who played this instrument, died from pneumonia at 39 soon after he appeared in the film Stormy Weather. Waller championed a style of playing this instrument termed “stride.”
ANSWER: piano [accept stride jazz piano; prompt on keyboard]
[10h] After recording his landmark album Out to Lunch!, this musician toured Europe with Charles Mingus’s sextet before dying in a coma at 36 due to undiagnosed diabetes. This free jazz alto saxophonist also played flute and bass clarinet.
ANSWER: Eric Dolphy [or Eric Allan Dolphy Jr.]
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