Traditional Jazz led to the innovations in jazz we see today. This includes cool jazz, smooth jazz, free jazz and much more. Its roots to African American Cultures shows how important Jazz was to people of color. It also shows the large popularity surrounding Jazz and the instruments involved. The Trumpet has become very popular and significant in Today’s society,because of Jazz Artist Louis Armstrong. His contribution to the genre is still noticed in Movies such as Princess and The Frog and in other forms of Jazz in Media. Traditional Jazz also brought the importance of many elements including improvisation. These elements allowed many musicians to thrive without a traditional background. Jazz in many ways was freeing and opening. Many musicians known for their blues songs and ragtime would also do well in the Jazz Area. Jazz has elements of the previous genres within it.