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Period: 1910 BCE to 1920 BCE
Jazz in 1910-1920
Between 1910 and 1920, the seeds of jazz began to take root. New Orleans, the vibrant and chromatic port city in which ragtime was based, was home to a number of budding musicians and a new style. In 1917, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band made what some consider the first jazz album ever recorded.