ROUND 5 – 1950s Songs
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Who recorded “Straight, No Chaser” in 1951?
Thelonious Monk
Sonny Rollins
Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
Answer: SONG 1
Who recorded “Haitian Fight Song” in 1957?
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Kenny Burrell
Horace Silver
Answer: SONG 2
Who recorded “Desafinado” in 1959?
Antonio Jobim
Mongo Santamaria
Cal Tjader
Tito Puente
Answer: SONG 3
Who recorded “Senor Blues” in 1956?
Tito Puente
Mongo Santamaria
Horace Silver
Coleman Hawkins
Answer: SONG 4
Who recorded “Joy Spring” in 1954?
Chet Baker
Clifford Brown
Modern jazz Quartet
Oscar Peterson
Answer: SONG 5
Who recorded “Walkin’ Shoes” in 1952?
Art Blakey
Dizzy Gellespie
Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Milt Jackson
Answer: SONG 6
Who recorded “A Night in Tunsia” in 1953?
The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach)
Lee Morgan
Antonio Jobim
Erroll Garner
Answer: SONG 7
Who recorded “New Rhumba” in 1955?
Herbie Nichols
Lennie Tristano
Ahmad Jamal
Frank Morgan
Answer: SONG 8
Who recorded “Invisible” in 1958?
Ornette Coleman
Sonny Rollins
Art Blakey
Bill Evans
Answer: SONG 9
Who recorded “Crosscurrents” in 1950?
Stan Kenton
Lennie Tristano
Ralph Sutton
Thelonious Monk
Answer: SONG 10