Jaz a myuuzik jaahra we arijiniet ina hAfrikan Amoerkan komiuniti ina Nyuu Aaliinz ina di Yunaitid Stiet juurin di liet 19t ah hoerli 20t senchri. It imoerj ina di faam a indipendant chradishanal ah papila myuuzikal stail, aal a dem lingk bai di kaman ban a hAfrikan Amoerkan ah Yuropiyan Amoerkan myuuzikal pierentij wid pofaamans orientieshan.[1] Jaz span a piiriad a uoba wan onjrid ier, inkompas waid-waid rienj a myuuzik, so meki difikolt fi difain. Jaz mek ebi yuus a improvizieshan, paliridim, singkopieshan ah di suing nuot,[2] azwel aspek a Yuropiyan aamani, Amoerkan papila myuuzik,[3] di braas ban chradishan, ah hAfrikan myuuzikal eliment laka bluu nuot ah hAfrikan Amoerkan stail laka ragtaim.[1] Alduo di foundieshan a jaz ruut diip ina di blak expiirians a di Yunaitid Stiet, difrah-difrah kolcha kanchribiut fi deh uona expiirians ah stail tu di aat faam azwel. Intilekchal rong di wol ielop jaz az "wan a Moerka arijinal aat faam".[4]

Luuwi Aamschrang (Louis Armstrong, 1901–1971) kansida wan a di pivatal myuuzishan ina jaz fi ih kanchribyuushan az chompit plieya, kompuoza ah singa.
  1. 1.0 1.1 Hennessey, Thomas, From Jazz to Swing: Black Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1917-1935. Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University, 1973, pp. 470-473.
  2. Alyn Shipton, A New History of Jazz, 2nd edn., Continuum, 2007, pp. 4–5.
  3. Bill Kirchner, The Oxford Companion to Jazz, Oxford University Press, 2005, Chapter Two.
  4. Starr, Larry, and Christopher Waterman. "Popular Jazz and Swing: America's Original Art Form." IIP Digital. Oxford University Press, 26 July 2008.