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1890s | 1890s-1910 | 1930s | 1940s | 1960s | 1970s 1890s-1910s: The birth of jazz
1890s-1910s: In New Orleans, jazz emerges. Combining elements of marches, spirituals, and ragtime, the new music is an American mix, a blend of African rhythms and European instruments. Pioneers include King Oliver and Louis Armstrong.
In 1917, The "Original Dixieland Jazz Band" releases the first nationally distributed jazz recording. The band's all-white musicians introduce the new music to a wider audience across America and Europe -- and introduce both the words "Dixieland" and "jazz" into the vocabulary.
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