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Pettengill: Bebop Jazz musicians showed their distaste for Jazz classics by taking great liberties with them, as though the songs could be made interesting only through radical reshaping.

Romney: Only compelling, versatile songs can understand such radical reshaping. Bebop musicians recognized this, and their revolutionary approach to the jazz classics enabled them to discover previously unknown depth in the music.

Pettengill and Romney disagree over whether
(A) Bebop jazz was radically different from the jazz music that preceded it
(B) Bebop jazz was an improvement on the jazz classics that preceded it
(C) Bebop jazz showed appreciation for jazz classics in radically reshaping them
(D) Jazz musicians requires musicians to adhere closely to the original version in order to be widely popular
(E) Bebop jazz were influenced by the more conservative styles of their predecessors

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Choose the option and explain your answers
EXPLANATION:

A) Bebop jazz was radically different from what preceded it.

– Both agree it was radical, so not the disagreement.

(B) Bebop jazz was an improvement on the classics.

– Romney might lean this way, Pettengill not explicitly saying “not an improvement,” just distaste. Not exact core clash.

(C) Bebop jazz showed appreciation for jazz classics in radically reshaping them.

– YES. Pettengill = no appreciation (distaste). Romney = yes appreciation (depth). Direct disagreement.

(D) Jazz musicians need to adhere closely to originals to be popular.

– Neither talks about popularity, so irrelevant.

(E) Bebop musicians were influenced by conservative styles.

– Not discussed by either.
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