______ artists poured diluted paint onto a canvas and allowed it to soak in

Among the following, who was a trumpeter that formed two studio bands, The Hot Five and The Hot Seven, and recorded Hotter Than That, which features "scat"?

a. Bessie Smith b. Zora Neale Hurston c. Louis Armstrong d. Duke Ellington

In the 1950s, ________ jazz offered a more subdued style with lyrical melodies, using instruments not commonly associated with jazz.

A. sweet B. free C. blues D. cool