JazzThe jazz we know today was not recognized as a genre in its own right until the 20th century. Before, jazz was considered black music and was rarely appreciated by the common white man. During the 18th century, when African slaves were shipped to America, the music was subsequently influenced by Western European music. The rhythm is inherited from Africa, and much of the melody comes from Western European music, such as folk songs and religious hymns. So the jazz genre is inherited from European popular music and also from some African music. At the time only “niggers” listened to their music and the white man let the “niggers” play black music to calm the slaves. Later, when blacks began to have civil rights, jazz bands were born. to merge and the first bands were created in New Orleans in the early 20th century. Bands included instruments such as trumpets, clarinets, trombones, tubas, banjos, and drums. Jazz began to become popular and a double bass or piano was also found in new groups. As jazz became more popular, new styles of jazz also began to appear and “swing” jazz was created. In original jazz there were only a few instruments played at the same time. But in new jazz there were many instruments playing at the same time creating a more organized feeling. “Swing” jazz was much more popular and it was common to dance to swing jazz. Swing jazz became popular in the 1930s after the Wall Street Crash and the Depression that raged in America. Since swing jazz was so easy to dance to, people began to cheer themselves up by dancing. Over the years other different types of jazz have developed and left us with the jazz we have today... middle of paper... today and the fast food that is served in America. However, I know that this is not the case and that the US is quite similar to Sweden.Markus Berthilsson Na1DWorks Citedhttp://www.allaboutjazz.com/ - They did a little advertising but the information the link gave me was very simple and other sources had information similar to this. No one could edit the articles and it was very objective. http://library.thinkquest.org/18602/historystart.html - A nice source that didn't advertise anything or ask me to donate, I think the source was created for educational use. http://www.ne.se/ - Articles in Ne.se are always checked by professors before being uploaded to the public. http://www.usa.gov/ - A much more objective source than I thought, gave me interesting information, similar to other sources.