... the rest of the world. From the beat of ragtime and brass bands to gospel choirs mixed with field hollers and the deep down growl of the blues, jazz's many roots are celebrated almost everywhere. Although blues and ragtime had arisen independently of jazz, and continued to exist alongside it, these genres influenced the style and forms of jazz and provided ... ...
... grow and learn about ourselves and the world we live in. Works Cited Lincoln, James Collier, Duke Ellington. Oxford Press, New York 1987 Witt, Charlotte V. B., et al The Humanities: Cultural Roots and Continuities. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, New York 1997 25 pages Seymour, Gene, Jazz: The Great American Art (The African-American Experience) Grolier (Franklin Watts), New York 1997 Feather, Leonard ... ...
... the right hand. The leading boogie-woogie pianists of the Jazz Age included CowCow Davenport, Clarence "Pine Top" Smith, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson (Davis 109). The roots of boogie-woogie can be traced to the mining areas of the Midwest. It was in the mining camps of the Midwest that boogie-woogie was first played on guitar ... ...
The diaspora of Africans into the Americas brought strong cultural roots that have survived more than six hundred years. The correlation between popular music in the United States and traditional African music is evident even today. Specifically, the influence stems from ... ...
