• Jazz

- Combines a

variety of musical

styles (including

European popular

and classical as

well as West

African folk music)

- Based largely on

improvisation

- Louis Armstrong :

one of the many

talented artists

who contributed to

the evolution of

jazz

• Ragtime

- Combination of

African American

and European sounds

- Its syncopated

rhythm made it

ideal for dancing

- Scott Joplin :

“King of Rafime”

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