Question
A Malawian-South African jazz guitarist with this first name played with his mbaqanga (“im-bah-kahn-gah”) band on Paul Simon’s album Graceland. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this first name of the British composer whose “Indian Suite” introduced the bebop standard “Cherokee.” A pianist with this first name wrote “Confession Blues” with the McSon Trio.
ANSWER: Ray [accept Ray Charles or Ray Charles Robinson; accept Ray Noble or Raymond Stanley Noble; accept Ray Phiri or Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri;]
[10h] This Mozambican-South African vocalist sang “The Touch of Your Lips” and “The Very Thought of You” for the Ray Noble orchestra. He recorded “Blue Moon” and hundreds of other songs after leaving the Dutch East Indies.
ANSWER: Al Bowlly [or Albert Allick Bowlly]
[10e] Bowlly’s itinerant career included a stint with the Surinamese-Guyanase swing dancer Ken “Snakehips” Johnson, who modeled himself on this Harlem bandleader behind the scat song “Minnie the Moocher.”
ANSWER: Cab Calloway [or Cabell Calloway III]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 16 | 5.63 | 56% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Berkeley A | Chicago D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claremont Colleges | Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | Florida | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Iowa State | Toronto A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Minnesota A | Illinois | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| NYU | Minnesota B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell A | North Carolina B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Ottawa | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Penn | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago B | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stanford | Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona State | Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke | WUSTL A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |