MUSIC 0711 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Buddy Bolden, Creole Music, Creole Language
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Jazz is the result of years of cross-fertilization and the africanization (and african- Americanization) of west african and west european culture in north america. Jazz was not only in new orleans but on the plantations in the north and south of the. United states during the 1600, 1700, and 1800s. Numerous studies of the birth of jazz pay special tribute to new orleans as the one and only birthplace of jazz. Jazz developed more openly in new orleans due to the money and traffic generated from having one of the biggest seaports in the country. The booming economic climate of new orleans provided a base for the entertainment business to grow: entertainers from new orleans as well as the surrounding areas all settled in the. During the early 1800s the city of new orleans was dominated mainly by the french and.
