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Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, Afric
Albert Gleizes, 1915, Composition for "Jazz" from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Billie Davies, an avant-garde jazz drummer
Ethel Waters sang "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club.
Al Jolson in 1925
Rhythm and blues
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Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies
Jazz
…1940s, introducing calmer, smoother sounds and long, linear melodic lines. The mid-1950s saw the emergence of hard bop, which introduced influences from rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues to small groups and particularly to saxophone and piano. Modal jazz developed in the late 1950s, using the mode, or musical scale…
Louis Jordan in New York City, c. July 1946
Big Joe Turner was a key figure in early R&B, blending blues and rock.
Dizzy Gillespie was instrumental in blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz.
Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley beat" is a clave-based motif.