and possessing an identifiable history and describable

stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of

American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a

profession. Since its beginnings jazz has branched out into so many

styles that no single description fits all of them with total accuracy.

Performers of jazz improvise within the conventions of their chosen

style. Improvisation gave jazz a personalized, individualized, and

distinct feel. Most jazz is based on the principle that an infinite

number of melodies can fit the cord progressively of any cord.

The twenties were a crucial period in the history of music.

Revolutions, whether in arts or matter of state, create a new

world only by sacrificing the old. By the late twenties, improvisation

had expanded to the extent of improvisation we ordinarily expect from

jazz today. It was the roaring twenties that a group of new tonalities

entered the mainstream, fixing the sound and the forms of our popular

music for the next thirty years. Louie Armstrong closed the book on the

dynastic tradition in New Orleans jazz.

as no other performer, before or since; as a bandleader, he established

suspect. Fletcher Henderson, Armstrong^s first major employer after

decade. As a soloist Goodman defined the essence of the jazz clarinet

entertainment in most cities, further reducing paying jobs for

composers Paul Hindemith and Bela Bartok. Latin-American music also

behind the beat. He created new melodies based on the chords of the

The new styles , which emerged after 1940 were classified as

three to five musicians. The size of the trumpet section varied from

cornetist Joe Smith, And that Armstrong was hired only because Smith

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