Introduction
As one of the most famous genres of music, jazz has played a very important role in the United States throughout the years. In spite of its popularity, the origin of this art form is however more vague than its impact. The major subject of contention about jazz has been about its place of founding and the exact dates of its formation amongst other hot topics. Some have maintained that jazz naturally evolved from two popular forms of music of the period, the blues and ragtime. This evolution occurred across the entire countries as various musicians experimented with these two ...
