... Orleans, jazz became the musical symbol of the age. A uniquely American art form, jazz traced its birth to a combination of ragtime, marching band music, and the blues. " The spontaneity and excitement of the music produced by black artists 'riffing' on old blues and classical themes found a ready outlet in the New York of the post-war era."(Rhodes, Page ... Henderson's arranger, Don Redman, and later Henderson himself, introduced written jazz scores that were widely admired for their effort to capture the quality of improvisation that characterized the music of smaller ensembles." (Enc...

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