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The origins of the blues and the jazz movement
The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...
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Time travel with jazz: Vancouver bandleader presents ‘Ragtime to Swing and Everything in Between’
Another reminder — with live musical demonstrations on stage — is coming to Kiggins Theatre. As part of its ongoing History ...
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This week in Texas music history: Jazzman Julius Hemphill born in Fort Worth
On Jan. 24, 1938, Julius Hemphill was born in Fort Worth. An alto and soprano saxophonist, flutist, vocalist, composer and ...
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Popular music styles Jazz
Jazz emerged as a new style of music in the early twentieth century in the African American communities of New Orleans. Jazz has its origins in blues and ragtime. Jazz features lots of ...
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‘So You Say You Play Jazz?’: New documentary tells the story of Daniel José Carr, Birmingham jazz history
“Birmingham has this jazz history that is really distinctive ... True Story Brewing jazz jam (following about an hour of music, the crew will screen the documentary around 8 p.m.) Bellisario ...