Charlie "Bird" Parker and the great jazz trumpet player ________ returned to the early ideals of jazz: improvisation, virtuosity, and close musical interaction within the ensemble.

A. Ornette Coleman
B. Dizzie Gillespie
C. John Coltrane
D. Louis Armstrong

Answer: B

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What will be an ideal response?

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