piano - Southern California

Question

A player of this instrument dedicated each movement of her Zodiac Suite to a musician born under each sign. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this instrument played by Mary Lou Williams. During the Harlem Renaissance, “cutting contests” were often held between “stride” players of this keyboard instrument.

ANSWER: piano [or pianoforte]

[10m] Williams based her song “I Love Him” on “Round Midnight,” a song by this former student of hers. This jazz pianist composed “Straight, No Chaser.”

ANSWER: Thelonious Monk [or Thelonious Sphere Monk]

[10h] After converting to Catholicism, Williams returned to jazz with a 1957 performance at this city’s jazz festival. Paul Gonsalves’s sax solo during a 1956 concert in this New England city helped revive Duke Ellington’s career.

ANSWER: Newport, Rhode Island [accept Newport Jazz Festival]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	67%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	14.55	91%	36%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	11.11	100%	0%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	42%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	92%	25%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	58%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	10.00	43%	29%	29%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%

Data


UCLA A	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA B	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
UCLA F	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
UCSD A	UCLA C	10	0	0	10
USC A	UCSD B	10	0	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	USC B	10	10	10	30