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Period: 1900 BCE to 1910 BCE
Jazz in 1900 - 1910
Jazz was still in its pupal stage in the first decade of the 20th century. Some of the first jazz icons, trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke, were born in 1901 and 1903, respectively. Inspired by ragtime music, they played music that valued self- expression, and in the early part of the century, began to capture the nation's attention.