my interest in jazz probably started as an act of adolescent rebellion, since my father played and listened…

my interest in jazz probably started as an act of adolescent rebellion, since my father played and listened only to classical music. i bought my first jazz record album, count em 88, on the strength of the odd title and the cover art—a photograph of a white grand piano. i didnt just listen to the music. when there was no one at home, i would set up a record on my fathers hi-fi and drum along.\njazz was a private pastime, since none of my friends listened to the music. making my own way was part of the pleasure. st. johns did not have a jazz club, but the tobacconists shop did carry down beat. the magazine was like a jazz correspondence course. it was also—and this was part of the attraction—an escape from a sometimes dreary and always provincial town.\njazz was the music of big cities, especially new york. in down beat i read about a famed new york jazz club, birdland—named after charlie \yardbird\ parker, the legendary alto saxophonist who had played at its opening a decade earlier. according to the magazine, birdland had a special section reserved for underage patrons like me—i was sixteen. so, when my family went on a holiday to new york city, after we visited radio city music hall, the empire state building, and a horn & hardart automat, i knew exactly where i wanted to go. we were staying at a seedy hotel near times square, and i set off up broadway to fifty - second street. it was a day or two before new years eve, and the city was in a festive mood. many of the bars were\nquestion 2 of 16\nbased on the passage, it can reasonably be inferred that one reason the narrator liked jazz was that it:\na was something his friends and family enjoyed.\nb was performed in clubs in the town where he grew up.\nc afforded him an opportunity to take a correspondence course from new york.\nd gave him a way of distinguishing himself from his friends and family.

my interest in jazz probably started as an act of adolescent rebellion, since my father played and listened only to classical music. i bought my first jazz record album, count em 88, on the strength of the odd title and the cover art—a photograph of a white grand piano. i didnt just listen to the music. when there was no one at home, i would set up a record on my fathers hi-fi and drum along.\njazz was a private pastime, since none of my friends listened to the music. making my own way was part of the pleasure. st. johns did not have a jazz club, but the tobacconists shop did carry down beat. the magazine was like a jazz correspondence course. it was also—and this was part of the attraction—an escape from a sometimes dreary and always provincial town.\njazz was the music of big cities, especially new york. in down beat i read about a famed new york jazz club, birdland—named after charlie \yardbird\ parker, the legendary alto saxophonist who had played at its opening a decade earlier. according to the magazine, birdland had a special section reserved for underage patrons like me—i was sixteen. so, when my family went on a holiday to new york city, after we visited radio city music hall, the empire state building, and a horn & hardart automat, i knew exactly where i wanted to go. we were staying at a seedy hotel near times square, and i set off up broadway to fifty - second street. it was a day or two before new years eve, and the city was in a festive mood. many of the bars were\nquestion 2 of 16\nbased on the passage, it can reasonably be inferred that one reason the narrator liked jazz was that it:\na was something his friends and family enjoyed.\nb was performed in clubs in the town where he grew up.\nc afforded him an opportunity to take a correspondence course from new york.\nd gave him a way of distinguishing himself from his friends and family.

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The passage states that the narrator's father listened only to classical music and none of his friends listened to jazz. Jazz was a private pastime for him. Making his own way (distinguishing himself) was part of the pleasure. Option A is incorrect as family (father) didn't enjoy jazz and friends didn't either. Option B is wrong as the town (St. John's) didn't have a jazz club. Option C is incorrect as the magazine was like a jazz correspondence course, not that he took a correspondence course from New York because of jazz. Option D aligns with the idea that jazz was a way for him to be different (distinguish himself) from family (father) and friends.

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D. gave him a way of distinguishing himself from his friends and family.