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ragtime started
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two dozen distinct Jazz styles have emerged
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New Orleans style started
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Jazz was growing
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the first bands were Buddy Bolden, Frankie Dusen, and Jack Laine
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the firs jazz song is "Livery Stable Blues"
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In 1917, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band made what some consider the first jazz album ever recorded
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classic city blues
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Chicago style born
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Jazz became big by the prohidition of alcahol.
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big band swing
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Jazz became resilient
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The 1940s saw the onset of American involvement in World War II, and partially as a result, the rise of bebop and the decline of swing.
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Jazz became popular