Brief History of Jazz

Of all the musical styles in the world, the most expressive and captivating is Jazz. Known for its styles, rhythms, scales and structure, it acts as an intermediary between classical music and rock 'n' roll. With its varying instruments, techniques and performers, it strokes the listener with cool, gentle hands, or bats them with hard, swift paws, whirls them away to a world conducted by the soul. The main idea of Jazz is freedom, about working on the guidelines, but also stretching them, exploring new realms of sound, harmony, rhythm and melody. It had to start in somewhere, and that…