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Listen to the following two musical examples (Track 1 and Track 2). You may listen multiple times. Take notes on a separate sheet of paper. Each example includes musical elements and features musicians that are ordinarily associated with divergent styles and genres. For each example, discuss the music in terms of form, rhythm, melody, harmony, instrumentation, orchestration, style, and other musical parameters. If you recognize the tune, include the title in your essay. If you recognize the specific recording or any of the individual players, name them. Otherwise, you should conjecture who and what you are hearing and tell us why you think that. It is more important to tell us what you hear than to win the blindfold test prize (naming the artist).   Track 1  

Who were the Creoles of Color?

Why did the role of arranger become crucial to the development of jazz in the late 1920’s?

Name the Afro-Cuban trumpeter who served as musical director for Machito’s orchestra, played jazz with Chick Webb and Cab Calloway and pioneered the fusion of jazz and Afro-Cuban music, particularly with his composition “Tanga.”

When was the period of American history known as “Reconstruction”?

Name the two hard bop groups that were formed from the original Jazz Messengers.

Which of the following is a beta-decay radiotracer used in PET-CT which has a 110-minute half-life?

Which of the following is another radiosurgery system that combines an accelerator on an industrial robot and two celing-mounted x-ray tubes and is designed to treat anywhere in the body with high accuracy using a nonisocentric approach.

GTV treatment volume will contain which of the following?

Which of the following refers to a change in the target position during treatment delivery as might occur in the thorax with respirations?