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 In one of his most famous songs, jazz legend Louis Armstrong thinks to himself “What a wonderful _____”

World

Which musical instrument did Bill Clinton play so well that it earned him the nickname “The MTV President”?

Saxophone

What is the family name shared by jazz legends Ellis, Wynton, and Branford?

Marsalis

Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald made her debut performance at one of the very first “Amateur Nights” at what infamous Harlem theater in 1934?

Apollo Theater

Which jazz legend is honored by a house museum in Corona, Queens, where he lived until his death in 1971?

Louis Armstrong

Released in 1959, ‘Kind of Blue’ is the biggest selling album of which trumpet-playing jazz legend?

Miles Davis

What world-renowned jazz saxophonist has a degree in accounting from the University of Washington?

Kenny G

What jazz musician was known as “Bird” or “Yardbird”?

Charlie Parker

Which city is considered the birthplace of jazz?

New Orleans

Which jazz guitarist was famous for playing with only two usable fingers on his left hand?

Django Reinhardt

Who is known as the “King of Swing”?

Benny Goodman

Which jazz singer was nicknamed “Lady Day”?

Billie Holiday

What instrument did Thelonious Monk famously play?

Piano

Who was the long-time bandleader at the Cotton Club in Harlem?

Duke Ellington

Which leading jazz vocalist was known as ‘The Divine One’?

Sarah Vaughan

Which legendary jazz musician was so devoted to the herbal laxative Swiss Kriss, he publicly endorsed it, and even signed letters “Swiss Krissly Yours”?

Louis Armstrong

Which jazz musician’s only known film footage is from a 1955 appearance on the Soupy Sales variety show, one year before his death?

Clifford Brown

Who is credited with introducing the vibraphone to jazz music?

Lionel Hampton

Which jazz musician went to jail after accidentally shooting someone during a street fight in Paris?

Sidney Bechet

Which jazz musician is known for playing a plastic saxophone on his famous “Free Jazz” album?

Ornette Coleman

Which influential jazz drummer was nicknamed “Papa Jo”?

Jonathan David Samuel Jones