Brief History of Jazz

An American Music

Jazz music began around 1900 in New Orleans LA

- Early Jazz centered around bars, brothels and marching bands
- It's early practitioners were primarily African-American and Creoles of Color
- Other ethnic groups would become involved as the music grew in popularity

Main characteristics of jazz:

- improvisation
- syncopation
- call and response

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