Jazz emerged as a new style of music in the early twentieth century in the African American communities of New Orleans. Jazz has its origins in blues and ragtime. Jazz features lots of ...

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

Jazz music, which emerged in the early 20th century, did more than just revolutionize the world of sound; it left a lasting ...

Uehlinger founded the Swiss-based HatHut label which mainly released jazz by such illustrious names as Anthony Braxton ... As the three albums below illustrate, ezz-thetics releases three different ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

A port city on the Gulf of Mexico, people would come from all over the world to New Orleans to trade, socialise and share their music. Out of this musical melting pot came jazz. Since the ‘Jazz Age’ ...

Yet even in this more structured environment, jazz still embraces new sounds and styles. The music has travelled very far from its exuberant New Orleans origins. But as it embarks on its second ...