________ was an early jazz soloist whose improvisations on trumpet and cornet combined technical brilliance, melodic inventiveness and extraordinary emotional depth.

A. Louis Armstrong
B. Charlie Parker
C. "Jelly Roll" Morton
D. "Duke" Ellington


Answer: A

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