Question
After this musician’s death in 1935, many members of his band joined the newly formed Count Basie Orchestra. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this bandleader. This bandleader composed a contrafact of “You’re Driving Me Crazy” which later came to be known as this bandleader’s “Swing” after Count Basie performed and popularized it in 1940.
ANSWER: Bennie Moten [accept “Moten Swing”]
[10e] Moten and Basie both played this instrument. “C Jam Blues” and “Mood Indigo” were written by Duke Ellington, a bandleader who played this instrument.
ANSWER: piano
[10m] Moten’s orchestra was from this city, from which Basie moved to New York. At one of this city’s jam sessions, Joe Jones dropped a cymbal at the feet of the composer of “Blues for Alice” and “Donna Lee.”
ANSWER: Kansas City [accept Kansas City, Missouri; accept Kansas City, Kansas]
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Case Western | Penn State B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Michigan B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Iowa State | Ohio | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ohio State | Iowa | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| North Carolina | Stanford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State A | WUSTL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |