- Jazz was started in New Orleans
- Ragtime was the foundation of jazz Music
- Most Jazz musicians during the ’30s and ’40s were self-taught
- Jazz music is a combination of African Music, European music, Caribbean and French music because these were all the cultures in New Orleans at the time so they came together to create this genre
- Jazz Music was looked at as a sin, and all the musicians that played it were shamed
- Buddy Bolten was first New Orleans trumpet king
- Louis Armstrong was called the father of jazz music and he broadened the style of jazz, he was also mainly known for his trumpet skills
- Coleman Hawkins established the saxophone as a jazz instrument because he was so inspired by Louis Armstrong
- A white band claimed that they were the creators of the jazz music genre
- Jazz music eventually started becoming known across the country when the Black southerners moved to Chicago and took the music genre with them, It also moved to the East Coast
- Jazz started being known globally and became known in Paris, Berlin, Linenbrad, Barcelona, Shanghai
- One of the first female artists was Jane Harvey
- Hollywood started using jazz bands within their productions and films
- Religious people did not fully accept jazz because it was looked at as a sin
- James B. Johnson developed “The Charleston”, and he was known for his abilities on piano
