Jazz, The First Thirty Years Copyrighted © 1992 - 2014 Thomas L. Morgan As a musical language of communication, jazz is the first indigenous American style to affect music in the rest of the World. From the beat of ragtime syncopation and driving brass bands to soaring gospel choirs mixed with field hollers and t

A history of Jazz Music by Piero Scaruffi See also the The History of Rock Music and the The History of Pop Music Back to the History of Jazz Music | Jazz musicians | Main jazz page To purchase the book | Ukrainian translation TM, ®, Copyright © 2005 Piero Scaruffi. All rights reserved. All photographs are prop

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A History of Jazz   What is Jazz? Everyone loves the music, but not everyone knows what “jazz” means… Early jazzmen said "to jazz" was to fornicate, while a "jazzbow" was considered to mean a lover of the ladies. Many literary scholars argue that the term “jazz” o

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  Did you know that jazz was born in the United States? Did you know that the drum set was invented by jazz musicians? Did you know that the word cool and hip were originally jazz terms? Join us in learning more about the history of jazz from its birth in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the music we hear on the radio