PrepTest 150, Section 4, Question 5
This passage was adapted from an article published(462 more words not shown)
According to the passage, Marsalis(5 more words not shown)
- Arestrain their revolutionary,(2 more words not shown)
- Blearn to compose(5 more words not shown)
- Cplay sessions with(2 more words not shown)
- Dignore the prevailing(4 more words not shown)
- Estay in touch(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What did he ask young musicians to do? The fourth paragraph says he wanted them to pay attention to jazz's traditions and put great emphasis on its past masters. Predict learning from that history. Don't add a particular method of learning unless the author supplies it, and don't confuse respect for tradition with a demand to stop innovating.
Working the answers
- A
This is closer to the critics' accusation. The author says Marsalis can recombine and reinvent traditional elements for individual expression. Restraining innovation is not the encouragement described.
- B
Nothing says he urged performers to become composers too. His own work as a composer doesn't establish that advice to other musicians.
- C
They might learn by listening to recordings rather than playing sessions with older musicians. The specific activity in C is not stated.
- D
He wanted to elevate the public perception of jazz, not tell young musicians to ignore it. No such instruction appears.
- ECorrect
Staying in touch with jazz's traditions restates the encouragement to pay attention to its past masters. It captures the advice without inventing a particular activity or turning that advice into opposition to new music.
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