Jazz is the original American musical art form which originated in African American communities in the Southern United States such as New Orleans around the 1920's.
Jazz has, from its early 20th century inception, spawned a variety of sub genres from New Orleans,La Around the early 1900s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, Bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin-jazz fusions such as Brazilian jazz and Afro-Cuban from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz-rock fusion from the 1970s and later developments such as acid jazz and so on.
Slaves largely came from West Africa and brought strong tribal musical traditions with them.
Lavish festivals featuring African dances to drums were organized on Sundays at the Place Congo, or Congo Square in New Orleans until 1843, as were similar gatherings in New England and New York.
African music was largely functional for work or ritual and included work songs and field hollers.
In the African tradition they had a single-line melody and a call-and-response pattern, but without the Western concept of harmony.
Rhythms reflected African speech patterns, and the African use of pentatonic scales led to blue notes in blues and jazz.
In New Orleans, many early jazz performers played in the brothels and bars of red-light district around Basin Street called "Story-ville".
Many marching bands played at Festive funerals arranged by the African American community.
The instruments used in marching bands and dance bands became the basic instruments of jazz: brass and reeds tuned in the European 12-tone scale and drums.
A black musical spirit (involving rhythm and melody) was bursting out of the confines of European musical tradition, even though the performers were using European styled instruments.
"Afro-Creole pianist Jelly Roll Morton began his career in Story-ville.
From 1904, he toured with vaudeville shows around southern cities, also playing in Chicago and New York.
His "Jelly Roll Blues", which he composed around 1905, was published in 1915 as the first jazz arrangement in print, introducing more musicians to the New Orleans style.
Jazz will be around for a long time and has not stop gaining ground since it was established, different forms of jazz has developed over time ranging from Cool Jazz, Bebop, Jazz fusion, Soul Jazz to Smooth Jazz, Quiet storm, Acid Jazz and Jazz Rap thats Jazz Fused with Hip Hop bringing Jazz into the New age and the Hip Hop Culture.
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