Why would Jazz musicians write contrafacts?

A) for people to dance to

B) to protest authority

C) to avoid paying royalties

D) to make money

Contrafacts. A contrafact is a song that uses a new melody over an already existing chord progression. They exist because of quirk in US copyright law. You can copyright lyrics and the melody, but you can't copyright titles and the chord progression.

Explanation:

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