Identify an accurate statement about Henry Threadgill.Multiple choice question.He introduced free collective improvisation in an album called "Free Jazz," which defied the perception of jazz as accessible to the listener.He is a multi-instrumentalist who travels and performs with gospel musicians and blues bands principally playing saxophone and flute.He furthered his interest in modal music, and also reflected the hypnotic pulsating quality of Indian music.He reached a milestone in jazz history by recording a double album of solo alto saxophone music, For Alto, released in 1971.

Multiple Select QuestionSelect all that applyWhich of the following statements are true about Henry Threadgill?Multiple select question.He is a multi-instrumentalist who principally plays saxophone and flute.He sometimes reflects ideas related to the ideas of John Cage and chance music.In 1998, he became the first jazz musician to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music.In the 1970s, he formed the group Air, a trio that explored African music, ragtime, and assorted other traditional musics.Need help? Review these concept resources

Identify an accurate statement about John Lewis.Multiple choice question.He introduced free collective improvisation in an album titled Free Jazz, which defied the perception of jazz as accessible to the ordinary listener.He became prominent in fusion, forming, in 1970, a popular and influential fusion group, Return to Forever.He was a classically trained African American pianist interested in the forms of European art music of the Baroque and Renaissance period.He referred famously to classical music as the "first stream" of music and jazz as the "second stream."

Which of the following is a contribution made by Stan Kenton to modern jazz?Multiple choice question.development of a distinct jazz sound using only a clarinet lead supported by four saxophonesunprecedented inclusion of outstanding Native American soloists in his bandserious exploration of Latin American drums and rhythms in his big band jazzjuxtaposing instruments in nontraditional combinations and effectively obscuring their identification

In 1960, Blank______ adapted the concept of collective improvisation in an album titled Free Jazz, which defied the perception of jazz as generally accessible to the ordinary listener.Multiple choice question.Pat MethenyOrnette ColemanHerbie HancockJohn Coltrane

Identify an accurate statement about Anthony Braxton.Multiple choice question.He formed the group Very Very Circus which included trombone, two tubas, two guitars, and drums.He reached a milestone in jazz history by recording a double album of solo alto saxophone music, For Alto, released in 1971.He explored the musical possibilities of the twelve-string guitar and the digital sampling synthesizer called synclavier.He became the first jazz musician to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music, for his extended composition "Blood on the Fields."