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Article: History of Jazz
Philadelphia Jazz: A Brief History
by Jack McCarthy
This article was first published at the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia website. Jazz began to emerge as a distinct musical style around the turn of the twentieth century, a merging of two vernacular African American musical stylesragtime and blueswith elements of popular music. New Orleans, the cradle of jazz," was the most important city ...