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Jazz
Improvised music born in New Orleans
Jazz is a music genre that began in the African-American communities of New Orleans, in the United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It grew from blues and ragtime, and it is known for improvisation, swing and syncopated rhythm.
Origin & history
Jazz took shape in New Orleans around the start of the 20th century, drawing on blues, ragtime and brass-band music.
It spread across the United States and then the world, and it has kept changing, through swing, bebop, cool jazz, free jazz and jazz fusion, each a style still played today.
Where it lives
Questions & Answers
What is jazz?+
Jazz is a music genre known for improvisation, swing and syncopated rhythm. It began in the African-American communities of New Orleans.
Where did jazz start?+
Jazz started in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Where do the jazz artists on TimTim.Live come from?+
This page lists the countries and places that the jazz artists on TimTim.Live come from, counted from their public hometowns.
