The correct answer is (a)"A Crazy
Blues."
"A Crazy Blues" is the first recording of blues
music by an African American. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds recorded this song in
1920. It was composed by Perry Bradford. Bradford wanted to market Jazz and Blues
music performed by African Americans, but he had a difficult time convincing the record
companies in New York that the albums would sell despite his design of the songs being
intended to appeal to white audiences. The record ended up being a smash hit and sold
over a million copies.
Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" from
1940 had no lead in like traditional jazz songs, and it follows a different form,
breaking from the usual thirty-two bar form. After a run-through of the main
theme, Ellington introduced a new four-bar theme. This form changed the direction of
jazz.
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