What is it?
Jazz music was a mixture of Mexican, Caribbean, and African American cultures, meshed into a blissfully smooth music. It originated in New Orleans Louisiana, as New Orleans was a cultural melting pot.

Jazz music was one of the first music styles that originated from America, to really have such a massive cultural impact, not only in the states, but the world.

Jazz music cultivated a blend of ragtime syncopation and driving brass bands as well as Gospel styled choirs and blue sounding strings.