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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