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"Why now is the perfect time to get into jazz". BBC. 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

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Could someone add the black music history template? 24.98.23.182 (talk) 21:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. AllyD (talk) 21:40, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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@NebulaNavigator77: We've got way too many images in here now. Some of them are not appropriate, for example we've got Dizzy Gillespie in the Afro-Cuban jazz (cu-bop) section, which is fine, but then we've also got him again in the Afro-Cuban jazz renaissance section. He is not even mentioned in that section, and even if he was, we don't need another photo of him here when we've already got one associated with Afro-Cuban jazz. Even if we did, a photo of him from 1955 isn't appropriate in a section that is about something that happened in the late 1970s.

Also, please do not add pixel params to images. See MOS:IMGSIZE. GA-RT-22 (talk) 04:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Change introduction too reflect historical accuracies from:

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.

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Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From its very beginning, jazz emerged as a product of cultural fusion, drawing on the contributions of African Americans, Cubans, Haitians, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, and Creoles, who all played integral roles in shaping the genre. Its roots encompass blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville songs, and dance music.

The cultural diversity of New Orleans, shaped by its role as a trade port and its multiethnic population, enriched jazz’s development. Cuban musicians contributed Afro-Cuban rhythms and the habanera, a rhythm that became foundational in early jazz. Haitian immigrants brought Vodou drumming traditions and syncopated patterns, which deeply influenced the polyrhythmic structures of the music. Puerto Ricans, many of whom were trained classical musicians, added their distinctive phrasing and rhythms to jazz ensembles. Jamaican musical traditions, rooted in African drumming and early mento rhythms, added to the genre’s complexity. The Creoles of color, a community with European classical training, blended structured harmony with African and Caribbean improvisational styles, forming a bridge between classical music and the emerging jazz sound.

Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in both traditional and popular music. Characterized by swing, blue notes, complex chords, call-and-response vocals, polyrhythms, and improvisation, jazz reflects the dynamic collaboration of these diverse cultural influences, making it a truly global art form from its inception.

https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/stories/caribbean-and-latin-connections-in-jazz?

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/harmonious-mixes?

https://academic.oup.com/california-scholarship-online/book/23207/chapter/238457511?

https://www.echo.ucla.edu/article-blue-horizon-creole-culture-and-early-new-orleans-jazz/? Biggsofcourse (talk) 07:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Biggsofcourse, the additions that you suggest seem to pertain more to what elements contributed to the origins of jazz rather than describing jazz itself. If placed in the article lead, I feel it would work against the topic introductory overview function. perhaps you can instead look to the Jazz#Early_development section with a view to proposing enhancements to what is already there? AllyD (talk) 13:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]