One of the really significant contributions of the 20th century to music-and a
strictly American development-is the jazz idiom. Although authorities are not
in complete agreement, many believe that this spontaneous movement had its
origin in New Orleans, in the honky-tonk amusement section of the city,
centered around Basin Street. From there, it spread northward up the
Mississippi Valley to Memphis, St Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, and eastward to
New York. During the past 50 years American jazz in its popular forms has
captured the imagination of youth throughout the world, and it has enriched
with new rhythms and harmonies much of the serious music of our time.
– William Gillock
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