... background with church music that was around them and would create the heart of jazz. Among the artist that had the most important impact on jazz were Clarance Williams, Bessie Smith and Bix Beiderbecke. A jazz form called Ragtime began to be available in the late eighteen nineties. It was immediately successful and subjected to various kinds of popularization, almost all of ... wrote a composition called "The Harlem Rag" that same year. Over the years of Ragtime's popularity a number of composers merged as the voice of this musical form. James Scott, Louis Chauvin, Joseph Lamb and Scot...

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