Beginning around the 1910s and through the 1920s a new style of music emerged in cities like New Orleans and Chicago. Featuring both collective improvisation and solo improvisation, this music eventually developed into the earliest forms of what we call jazz today. This podcast covers the development of early jazz styles and discusses some of the most important and influential artists of this period.
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