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Do you know your giants of jazz?

A test by Tiffany.

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  1. Question
    Vince Guaraldi wrote songs, including the theme song Linus and Lucy, to this popular animated television special series.
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    This man was an American jazz trumpeter. His famous albums include The Birth of Cool, Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain. In 1988, he played a small part in the film Scrooged, starring Bill Murray, where he played a street musician.
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    This jazz musician was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. Some of his most influential albums were The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Blues and Roots, and Pithecanthropus Erectus. He also composed a piece called Epitaph, one of the longest jazz pieces ever written (it takes over 2 hours to perform it!)
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    This singer is renowned for her soul recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop and gospel - and even playing the piano. She is the godmother of Whitney Houston, and in 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked her #9 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
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    This famous jazz pianist and composer was born in Montreal, Canada and is considered to have been one of the greatest pianists of all time. Some of his famous works include "Night Train" with his trio, and his original composition "Hymn to Freedom".
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    In the 1890 - 1910s, pianist Scott Joplin produced some pieces on the piano such as "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer". These pieces are early influences of jazz and are part of a genre of music known as:
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