Author Question: Alan Lomax's interview with Jelly Roll Morton for the Library of Congress in 1938 documented his ... (Read 64 times)

jc611 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Alan Lomax's interview with Jelly Roll Morton for the Library of Congress in 1938 documented his

a. excellent piano skills and extensive knowledge of rags, blues, stomps, and popular songs
b. compositional skills, because he wrote a new jazz arrangement as part of the interview
c. claim that he invented jazz, by presenting supporting evidence
d. ability to take great improvisational liberties with tunes such as James P. Johnson's Maple Leaf Rag

Question 2

Who is the renowned Italian poet who resided in Avignon during the period known as the Babylonian Captivity?

a. Francesco Petrarch
b. Dante Alighieri
c. Umberto Eco
d. Francesco Landini