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Her collaboration with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and other jazz legends solidified her status as a cornerstone of American music. Famous songs: “Summertime,” “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” ...

Seymour made central to worship the early form of gospel music that blended spirituals with emerging blues, ragtime and jazz music. Another important African American in gospel music history was the ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious ...

This is music that, for me, lives comfortably within the realm of South African jazz. Embedded with folk music, ... American jazz records reached South Africa’s shores in the 1920s.

“African-American musical traditions mixed with others and gradually jazz emerged from a blend of ragtime, marches, blues and other kinds of music,” writes the National Museum of American History.

The bassist played with jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, breaking barriers at the Denver and San Francisco ...

Mamie Smith was one of the first African American women to record the blues, paving the way for future generations of female jazz and blues singers. Birthplace : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Years Active ...

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The jazz that emerged from the unique cultural crucible of New Orleans permanently altered American music and remains one of the country’s most significant cultural contributions to the world.