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1. Name the jazz trumpeter who became later became best identified with ballooning cheeks and a tilted bell on his trumpet.
2. Which jazz cornet player was portrayed by Danny Kaye in a movie biography?
3. What hit Swing song did Ziggy Elman adapt from an old Jewish folk tune?
4. Which Count Basie composition was used on the infamous Gong Show?
5. Which jazzman met success despite the loss of an arm?
6. Who composed the jazz standard "Misty"?
7. Which pianist co-wrote "Round Midnight"?
8. Name Dave Brubeck's best-known tune.
9. What was Duke Ellington's real name?
10. Who is considered the "Father of the Blues"?
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