Question
The rise of this musical style’s popularity in the 1940s was decried by purists known as the “moldy figs.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this style of jazz pioneered by Charlie Parker and characterized by the use of speedy tempos and complex harmonies. It takes its name from syllables used in scat singing.
ANSWER: bebop
[10m] This bandleader, a swing-era trombone player known for “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” and “I’ll Never Smile Again,” claimed “bebop has set music back 20 years.” His younger brother Jimmy was also a bandleader.
ANSWER: Tommy Dorsey [or Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr.]
[10h] “Moldy fig” critic Rudi Blesh cited Louis Armstrong’s landmark 1928 recording of this King Oliver song as the beginning of jazz’s decline. A cascading trumpet cadenza opens this song named for an area near Lake Pontchartrain.
ANSWER: “West End Blues”
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |
Data
| Stanford A | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Indiana A | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell A | Florida A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brown A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |