Like the blues music,
jazz appeared at the beginning of 20th century being performed by the Afro-
American population of New Orleans.
This musical genre developed
out of some different musical genres including fanfare and slaves music.
Jazz bands played at the beginning in nightclubs and dancing halls. Much
later jazz extended on the whole American territory and then the Europe.
The performers used to improvise,
as they didn't know the notes. In the 20ies and 30ies the famous jazz bands
had a violin sections. These are known as being swing bands.
In the 40ies the solo parts
of jazz start to be more and more distinguishable.
We can say that jazz has
influenced a lot pop music and symphonic music. Claude Debussy (1862- 1918)
used jazz elements in his compositions.
