94: The History of Jazz

We're kicking off Black History Month with some pizzazz! The history of jazz has a rich culture within the Black community and beyond, and has been beloved the world over for more than a century!    Follow us on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/    Join our Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/illequippedhistory    Email us!  [email protected]    Check us out on TikTok!  https://www.tiktok.com/@illequipped.histo  Find us on YouTube!  https://www.youtube.com/@Ill-EquippedHistory   Donate to our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/illequippedhistory   Sources:   “The Origins of Jazz”  https://jazzobserver.com/the-origins-of-jazz/   “A Brief History of Jazz” (Sept 22 2022) https://www.levinemusic.org/about/news/a-brief-history-of-jazz/   “What is Jazz?” https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/projects/smithsonian-jazz/education/what-jazz   “On the Instrumental Origins of Jazz” by Russell Roth (1952). American Quarterly, Vol 4(4). Pp. 305-312. https://doi.org/10.2307/3031415 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3031415?origin=crossref   “Jazz Origins in New Orleans”  https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm   “‘Jazz’: A Tale of Three Cities” by Ben Zimmer (Jun 8 2009) https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/jazz-a-tale-of-three-cities/   “The Painful Birth of Blues and Jazz” by Stephanie Hall (Feb 24 2017) https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/02/birth-of-blues-and-jazz/   “Re-Revising ‘The History of Jazz’” by Natalie Weiner (July 15 2021) https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016020385/re-revising-the-history-of-jazz   “Women in Jazz, Part 1” by Margaret Howze https://news.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/women_1.html   “The First Woman Trombonist in Big Bands | Melba Liston, 1926-1999” https://www.cocosse.com/2019/04/woman-trombonist-in-big-bands-melba-liston/   “Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada 1914-1949” by Mark Miller https://quillandquire.com/review/such-melodious-racket-the-lost-history-of-jazz-in-canada-1914-1949/   “15 Most Influential Jazz Artists” by ClassyKoehler (fact checked by Alex Hanton) (Feb 27 2010) https://listverse.com/2010/02/27/15-most-influential-jazz-artists/   “The Evolution of the Saxophone in Jazz Music” (Jun 5 2024) https://kgumusic.com/blogs/news/the-evolution-of-the-saxophone-in-jazz-music?srsltid=AfmBOopFYZ6IjKvSGMbf2N9oYgOyw_ADvrwWX4hxMHrVPpG6shJNa6eo   “Jews & Jazz Music”  https://bje.org.au/knowledge-centre/jewish-people/famous/jazz/   “The 1937 Yiddish song that kicked off the Swing Era is due for a comeback” by Arielle Kaplan (July 19 2020) https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-1937-yiddish-song-that-kicked-off-the-swing-era-is-due-for-a-comeback/    “The 25 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time” by Charles Waring (Mar 15 2024) https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-female-jazz-singers-ever/   https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/faq/   Sound Credits: “That Jazz” by Cold_Fire https://pixabay.com/music/traditional-jazz-that-jazz-260655/  NightCity-1.wav by Dr. Macak -- https://freesound.org/s/252690/ -- License: Creative Commons 0