“Ken Burns History of Jazz 1, Gumbo” is a movie about how Jazz came to be. Jazz was born in New Orleans in the early 1800s. New Orleans was home to many people like Germans, French, Spanish, African, Asians, etc. They all live together, and because of this, New Orleans was considered to be very integrated. There were also the Creoles. The Creoles were a community of freed people. Many of them were light skinned because they were a mix between Europeans and Blacks. Minstrel was a form of music written by black and white song writers. First Minstrel hit was written by Daddy Rice, a white man. Minstrel Show were the most popular form of entertainment for decades beginning in 1840s. Many theaters in New Orleans feature Minstrel Shows. At the