How Did Big Band Swing Music Originate

question 23

Multiple Choice

How did big band swing music originate?

• A) Using black gospel music as a base, whites then added complicated, individualized rhythms and more instruments to create big band swing.
• B) White bandleaders orchestrated innovative black music in creating the big band sound.
• C) Big band was actually a white innovation and blacks fed off its popularity to develop jazz and the blues.
• D) The government had underwritten music programs for blacks to develop new music.

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