Day 224 of 365
August 12
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Music The Origins of Jazz
Jazz emerged in New Orleans in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms, blues, ragtime, and European harmonies. It emphasized improvisation and personal expression. Jazz influenced virtually all subsequent popular music forms and became America's original art form.
💡 Did you know?
Louis Armstrong had such powerful lungs that doctors studied them after his death!
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