Packet 1: Bonus 9
Answer the following about the jazz standard “How High the Moon,” for 10 points each.
[10e] Most of Ella Fitzgerald’s many recordings of “How High the Moon” feature this vocal technique, which uses nonsense syllables.
ANSWER: scat singing [or scatting]
[10m] Charlie Parker’s song of this name is a contrafact of “How High the Moon.” The title of this song is a reference to Parker’s nickname.
ANSWER: “Ornithology”
[10h] An over-nine-minute rendition of “How High the Moon” ends the original release of this 1953 album. Drummer Lloyd Davis had a 103-degree fever while recording this live album, whose rerelease includes Paul Desmond’s full solo on “The Way You Look Tonight.”
ANSWER: Jazz at Oberlin [or Live at Oberlin College]
<Editors, Other Fine Arts> | I1. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western (Tiebreaker Half 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |