Tuesday 24th October 2023
Difficulty: Medium
Jazz standards (Quiz #340)
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Jazz standards are tunes that are an important part of the repertoire of jazz, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners.
1. Which jazz standard did Billy Strayhorn compose, based on the directions he was given to get to Duke Ellington's house?
2. Which jazz standard did George Shearing and George David Weiss write in 1952 for Morris Levy, as a theme tune for Levy's jazz club?
3. The jazz standard "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" was a big hit for Bananarama and Fun Boy Three in 1982. Who was the vocalist on the original version of the song, recorded in 1939?
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