Which Swing era musician significantly influenced cool jazz musicians of the 1950s?

John Coltrane had a minor hit record with his modal jazz re-working of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.

Which blind pianist was one of the first formal teachers of jazz improvisation?

We scan for casts and focus the microscope on low light using which objective? 

Which instrumentalist has sold the most records in total?

Which feature of jazz-rock fusion music is most problematic in connecting it to the Jazz tradition?

Other than the 12-bar blues, which song form is the most common in jazz standards from the 1920s to the 1950s?

Which of the following was NOT a contribution of Duke Ellington to jazz history?

Who was the most influential saxophonist in jazz after Charlie Paker that also composed music in hard bop, modal, and avant-garde jazz styles?

Jazz was born in New York City in the 1920s.