We’ll explore how different eras and innovators shaped jazz vocalists’ expression. By the end, you’ll see how jazz vocals evolved from their roots to the diverse styles we hear today.

Jazz emerged as a new style of music in the early twentieth century in the African American communities of New Orleans. Jazz has its origins in blues and ragtime. Jazz features lots of ...

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

Since the ‘Jazz Age’ of the 1920s, jazz has become a major genre in musical expression, and its development has allowed for the rise of different breakout styles over the decades such as dixieland, ...

The melting pot heated up a new form of music that took shape in the 1890s. Jazz grew out of different music styles that became popular at the end of the 19th century: ragtime, which was named ...