The influential 1959 Miles Davis recording "Kind of Blue" introduced

A. rock-like rhythms and electric instruments.
B. modal tonalities and an easy rhythmic flow.
C. non-Western scales and rhythms.
D. collective, free improvisation.


Answer: B

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