Who was the first African American composer to have a work performed by a major symphony orchestra?
A) William Grant Still
B) George Gershwin
C) George Frederick Root
D) George Chadwick
Question 2
Jazz performance in the 1920s shows a shift away from
a. collective improvisation to virtuosic individual solos
b. collective improvisation to arrangements for big bands
c. big-band arrangements to collective improvisation
d. individual solos to collective improvisation