Origin

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Rebeca Hernández Mendoza

Was born in the African-American communities of New Orleans. The genre arises from the confrontation of music of African-American descent with European tradition, based on swing and improvisation

Buddy Bolden (1877 – 1931)

He was one of the first to integrate improvisation in a significant way in what would become jazz, moving away from the fixed arrangements of the music of the time.

Jazz was born as a form of artistic expression and protest during the time of slavery, with slaves meeting in places like the Plaza del Congo to sing and play music.

With the Great Migration of African Americans to the north, music moved to cities such as Chicago and New York, important centers for the development of jazz.

Jazz is an exclusively American musical genre with deep roots in African-American culture and musical traditions of New Orleans, which evolved as a unique fusion of rhythms, melodies and styles that shaped one of the most influential musical genres in the world.