Genre: jazz
The Origin of Jazz Early 1900s: Music historians trace jazz music to early twentieth century New Orleans, where musicians like Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong borrowed heavily from ragtime, blues, and second-line horn sections from parades. Southern jazz from New Orleans eventually became known as Dixieland jazz. 1920s and ’30s: Other early jazz capitals included Chicago and Kansas City, but it was New York City that established jazz as a touchstone of American culture. Main features of Jazz Distinctive rhythms Harmonic sophistication Improvisation