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a type of modern music originally developed by African-Americans, with a rhythm in which the strong notes often come before the beat. Jazz is usually improvised (= invented as it is played).

(In late 1917, they swapped “jass” for “jazz,” the now standard spelling of a word originally used to describe baseball players with pep.) The musicians soon moved to New York City, where a nod from Al Jolson helped land a gig at the theater crowd's favorite post-show hangout: Reisenweber's Café on Columbus Circle.

Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

The word “jazz” probably derives from the slang word “jasm,”which originally meant energy, vitality, spirit, pep.

A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.

The word Jasjeet is formed by combining two Punjabi words: Jas, meaning fame, and jeet, meaning winning or winner of. (Both of these words are derived from very similar words in Sanskrit, for example the equivalent of Jas is yash.)

Jazz was born in New Orleans about 100 years ago (early 20th century), but its roots can be found in the musical traditions of both Africa and Europe; in fact, some people say that jazz is a union of African and European music.

In the late 1890s, syncopation joined with soulful melodies, upbeat dance tunes united with the sultry sound of brass instruments, and jazz began to emerge. Buddy Bolden, an African-American bandleader called “the first man of jazz” by historian Donald M Marquis, was at the forefront of the jazz movement.

scat, also called Scat Singing, in music, jazz vocal style using emotive, onomatopoeic, and nonsense syllables instead of words in solo improvisations on a melody.

Buddy Bolden Some say jazz grew out the drumming and Voodoo rituals that took place in New Orleans' Congo Square before the Civil War. Others say jazz was born in 1895, the year Buddy Bolden started his first band.

Jazz Nigerian Slang Jazz can be defined as magical or supernatural power used for protection against weapons or to show strength and to achieve some purposes. For example, someone possessing a jazz can have a mystical way of preventing bullets from piercing through his or her body.

Jazz is a kind of music in which improvisation is typically an important part. In most jazz performances, players play solos which they make up on the spot, which requires considerable skill.