Question

Jazz musicians referred to _______ as "businessman's bounce." A. commercial dance music B. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue C. classical music D. ragtime.

Answer 1

Jazz musicians referred to commercial dance music as "businessman's bounce. This, in any genre of music, is considered mainstream.

Answer 2

A. commercial dance music, as it was considered rhythmically uninteresting, having a lack of variety in tempo and less complex structuring and being essentially a more mainstream sound.