2006-12-13 11:23:53 · 6 answers · asked by Deworde w 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
music historians have always pinpointed the storyville section in new orleans as the birthplace of jazz music...of course, it was called "ragtime music" then...
2006-12-13 11:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory....
2006-12-13 15:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by Ophelia a.k.a Mia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Orleans, LA 1895
2006-12-13 11:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by al 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jazz History timeline : 1817 AD - 1935 AD
1817 New Orleans city council establishes "Congo Square" as an official site for slave music and dance
1892 Pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first known ragtime composition
1895 Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his first two rags. Cornetist Buddy Bolden forms his band
1897 The first piano rags appear in print. Ragtime grows in popularity
1899 Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is published and sells over 100,000 copies
Jazz History timeline : 1936 AD - 1950 AD
1938 Benny Goodman's band hosts a sold out concert at Carnegie Hall which features a jazz history element and a jam session with members of Duke Ellington�s and Count Basie's bands. After the Goodman concert, Count Basie's band and Chick Webb's band have an informal competition at the Savoy Ballroom. Cornetist King Oliver dies after years in poverty working as a pool-room janitor. Goodman's band records Bach Goes to Town: Prelude and Fugue in Swing, which combines elements of classical music and swing
Jazz History timeline : 1951 AD - 1963 AD
1951 The Miles Davis All Stars record their first long- playing album for Prestige. Pianist Dave Brubeck forms his first quartet with saxophonist Paul Desmond. Pianist John Lewis forms the Milt Jackson Quartet with vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Kenny Clarke
Jazz History timeline : 1964 AD - 1984 AD
1964 The Miles Davis Quintet records the classic live album My Funny Valentine, and soon after saxophonist Wayne Shorter replaces George Coleman. Clarinetist and flutist Eric Dolphy records Out To Lunch, with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and Tony Williams. Pianist Horace Silver records Song for My Father. John Coltrane records A Love Supreme, which sells hundreds of thousands of copies. Blind multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk performs at the Newport in Europe festival. Avant- garde tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler records the album Ghosts
Jazz History timeline : 1985 AD - 2000 AD
1985 Drummer Kenny Clarke dies. Miles Davis records Aura in Denmark. Trumpeter Thad Jones takes over the Count Basie band. Blue Note is relaunched with a concert at Town Hall with drummer Art Blakey, bassist Ron Carter, pianist Herbie Hancock, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, and others. Drummer Philly Joe Jones dies. Trumpeter Cootie Williams dies. Pianist Chick Corea captures a new audience with his Elektrik Band with electric bassist John Patitucci and drummer Dave Weckl. Branford Marsalis tours with pop artist Sting
2006-12-13 12:27:07 · answer #4 · answered by fordperfect5 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USA all the way new orlines
2006-12-13 13:15:40 · answer #5 · answered by crazyscottsman38 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my guess is by blacks in new orleans, la. long ago.
2006-12-13 15:57:22 · answer #6 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋