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Strongly holding it's roots within the blues culture from the turn of the 20th century, jazz progressed to become a phenomenon across the world, and continues to bring new talent and interpretations of standards.
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From the early strains of New Orleans and Dixieland, to the transformation of modern and bebop, jazz is always there, documenting a world of change.
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Okay, let's just thnk about this for a sec. If we didn't have jazz- there'd be no swing! Swing is just a different offshoot of jazz anyway, much like the rest of the genres on here. But still, jazz is so important- without it, the world would be missing an important part of its history. Sacred bleau!
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Bessie Smith
Billie Holliday
Bix Biederbecke
Louis Armstrong
'King' Oliver