We're kicking off Black History Month with some pizzazz! The history of jazz has a rich culture within the Black community and beyond, and has been beloved the world over for more than a century!
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Sources:
“The Origins of Jazz”
https://jazzobserver.com/the-origins-of-jazz/
“A Brief History of Jazz” (Sept 22 2022)
https://www.levinemusic.org/about/news/a-brief-history-of-jazz/
“What is Jazz?”
https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/projects/smithsonian-jazz/education/what-jazz
“On the Instrumental Origins of Jazz” by Russell Roth (1952). American Quarterly, Vol 4(4). Pp. 305-312. https://doi.org/10.2307/3031415
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3031415?origin=crossref
“Jazz Origins in New Orleans”
https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm
“‘Jazz’: A Tale of Three Cities” by Ben Zimmer (Jun 8 2009)
https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/jazz-a-tale-of-three-cities/
“The Painful Birth of Blues and Jazz” by Stephanie Hall (Feb 24 2017)
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/02/birth-of-blues-and-jazz/
“Re-Revising ‘The History of Jazz’” by Natalie Weiner (July 15 2021)
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016020385/re-revising-the-history-of-jazz
“Women in Jazz, Part 1” by Margaret Howze
https://news.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/women_1.html
“The First Woman Trombonist in Big Bands | Melba Liston, 1926-1999”
https://www.cocosse.com/2019/04/woman-trombonist-in-big-bands-melba-liston/
“Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada 1914-1949” by Mark Miller
https://quillandquire.com/review/such-melodious-racket-the-lost-history-of-jazz-in-canada-1914-1949/
“15 Most Influential Jazz Artists” by ClassyKoehler (fact checked by Alex Hanton) (Feb 27 2010)
https://listverse.com/2010/02/27/15-most-influential-jazz-artists/
“The Evolution of the Saxophone in Jazz Music” (Jun 5 2024)
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