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The Roots Of Jazz Into Modern American Popular Music

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Listening to music in America is common, but have you ever wondered where Modern American Popular music is derived from? Modern American Popular music gets its roots from jazz, and still incorporates pieces of jazz into Modern American Popular music. From New Orleans in the 1800s to Hollywood in 2018, the ____ is the same.
Jazz allegedly originated in Congo Square, where slaves met to perform, in 1817. Beginning with a call and response gained from the Baptist church, jazz quickly developed into more than an echo of people (Walker). African American musical traditions blended with ragtime, marches and blues to form jazz. The evolution of jazz was led by several magnificent musicians including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker
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