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    Jazz originated in the 19th century through the blending of African and European musical traditions by slaves in the American South. Ragtime music popularized by Scott Joplin laid the foundations for jazz in the late 19th/early 20th century. The rise of big bands and swing music in the 1920s-1930s increased jazz's popularity, with influential artists like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Bebop in the 1940s introduced new complex styles led by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie that countered the mainstream. Miles Davis further developed cool jazz in the 1950s-1960s before jazz declined alongside the rise of rock and roll, though experimental artists emerged.

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    Jazz originated in the 19th century through the blending of African and European musical traditions by slaves in the American South. Ragtime music popularized by Scott Joplin laid the foundations for jazz in the late 19th/early 20th century. The rise of big bands and swing music in the 1920s-1930s increased jazz's popularity, with influential artists like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Bebop in the 1940s introduced new complex styles led by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie that countered the mainstream. Miles Davis further developed cool jazz in the 1950s-1960s before jazz declined alongside the rise of rock and roll, though experimental artists emerged.

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    Jazz originated in the 19th century through the blending of African and European musical traditions by slaves in the American South. Ragtime music popularized by Scott Joplin laid the foundations for jazz in the late 19th/early 20th century. The rise of big bands and swing music in the 1920s-1930s increased jazz's popularity, with influential artists like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Bebop in the 1940s introduced new complex styles led by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie that countered the mainstream. Miles Davis further developed cool jazz in the 1950s-1960s before jazz declined alongside the rise of rock and roll, though experimental artists emerged.

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    A Brief History of Jazz

    The Origins of Jazz in America


     African slaves in the
    American South
    began using
    European musical
    instruments in the
    early 19th century
     They incorporated
    their tribal musical
    traditions with
    European minstrel
    performances
    Ragtime and “Dixie” Music
     Scott Joplin and others
    popularized Ragtime
    music in the late 19th
    century and early 20th
    century
     Along with Ragtime,
    southern “Dixie” music
    created many of the
    foundations for what
    would later be called Jazz
    Swing and the Big Bands
     Jazz music became more
    popular in the 1920s and
    1930s with the rise of
    Swing music and the big
    band orchestras
     Many of Jazz’s pioneers
    (Louis Armstrong, Duke
    Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald)
    were making influential
    music at this time
    Bebop breaks the mold
     Jazz’s popularity
    continued to grow in the
    1940s, but a counter jazz
    movement (called Bebop)
    influenced what was to
    come later in Jazz music
     Musicians like Charlie
    Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
    led the Bebop movement
    Miles Davis and Cool Jazz
     Miles Davis broke from
    his early Bebop days and
    started a new Jazz
    movement (“Cool Jazz”)
    in the 1950s and 1960s
     This period had the peak
    and the start of the
    decline of Jazz’s
    popularity (Rock ‘n Roll
    was rising at this time)
    Jazz moves to the fringe
     From the 1970s to today,
    Jazz music has lost a lot of
    its popularity
     Experimental artists like
    Ornette Coleman and the
    Free Jazz movement were
    not popular with mainstream
    listeners
     Ken Burns’ documentary on
    Jazz brought back some of
    the interest in this genre

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