Duke Ellington's bassist who became an important influence on ...

[lunatika]

Duke Ellington's bassist who became an important influence on bebop bassists Oscar Pettiford and
  Ray Brown was

 
 

a. Sunny Greer
  b. Jimmy Blanton
  c. Ben Webster
  d. Walter Page

Question 2

Pianists began abandon stride-influenced playing partly because the ____ allowed for time keeping to
  be done on that instrument instead of the left hand of the piano.

 
 

a. bass drum technique
  b. hi-hat technique
  c. walking bass
  d. rhythm guitar technique

[meganlapinski]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C

[lunatika]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[xiaomengxian]

Gracias!