Jazz is a music with a history and a heart. Born in the rich melting pot of New Orleans after the turn of the century, jazz has grown into a vast and deep current of American musical culture. Historically and culturally, it is a music that had to happen. Although it is undoubtably Black America's gift to the world, it is culturally a profound integration of musical factors: African rhythms and tonalities, the sensibilities of blues and gospel expression, European styles and instrumentation, and the creative energy of America's expansive and tumultuous early 20th century. Important battles against racism were won in the jazz era as bands and audiences began to integrate by virtue of sharing the music. Thus, jazz is both historically and musically a very deep expression of American culture. We achieved in this music what we couldn't -- and have yet to -- achieve in our social environment: a true and harmonious integration of the diverse streams of human culture that converged in......

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