Which definition is most descriptive of jazz?

a. an expressive, soulful style of singing that emerged from the African-American spiritual and work song at the
end of the nineteenth century
b. an Afro-Cuban dance-song that came to prominence in the nineteenth century, marked by a repeating bass and
a repeating, syncopated rhythm
c. a lively, energetic music with pulsating rhythms and scintillating syncopations, usually played by a small
instrumental ensemble
d. a musical style that emerged in the 1890s and characterized by a steady bass and a syncopated, jazzy treble
e. all of the above


ANSWER: c

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