Thursday, May 10, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This president once said 50 years would have to pass before historians could be written about him objectively.

2)  Many jazz aficionados thought he would be the next great be-bop musician, in part because he abstained from the excesses that caused many of his contemporaries to perish. Instead, he died an untimely death in a car accident.

3)  After leaving Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, this saxophonist composed and recorded a number of tracks with Miles Davis.

4)  Radio host and opening announcer for Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Gary Owens appeared in this Academy Award-winning film.

Answers:

1)  Nixon

2)  Clifford Brown

3)  Wayne Shorter

4)  Midnight Cowboy

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