This composer lacked early promise of musical advancement, and dropped out of the Paris Conservatory at the age of twenty; he then worked as a pianist and author for a cabaret until he was nearly forty, when he returned to school to study counterpoint and write serious compositions

What element common to bebop do these saxophonists incorporate into their solos?

a. Improvisation based on short riffs b. Soft sustaining notes c. Long, complicated eighth note solo lines d. Simple ideas from pop songs

The term polyphony when applied to the Dixieland style is not quite accurate because it

a. suggests that all melodies are of equal importance b. suggests that one melody is most important c. implies that a single melody is harmonized by chords d. implies that the complex melodies heard in this style are simply for ornamentation