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1. As a young man getting his start, this jazz piano player was once a roommate with venerable elder Ben Webster.
2. The famed (and long-gone) jazz club, The Blackhawk, was located in what city?
3. Guitarist Freddie Green played in Basie's Band for decades... reportedly without ever playing a solo.
4. "West End Blues," one of the most perfect jazz songs of all time, was recorded by which artist?
5. Which of the following youthful piano players recorded several albums with Joshua Redman's band at the start of his career?
6. During the 1980's, in the autumn years of his life, who played with the Monday Night Orchestra (every Monday night) in New York City's Sweet Basil?
7. Which of the following sax players was arrested for robbing a drug store?
8. Guitar player John McLaughlin is from what country?
9. As a teenager, Miles Davis got his first big break playing gigs with which of the following jazz giants?
10. "Take Five," one of the most famous jazz songs of all time, was written by whom?
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