The Origins of Jazz, with Phil Schaap
Written by user on January 14, 2014
Last year, Phil Schaap joined us to film a series that discusses the early origins of Jazz. It’s an engaging eight-part series that will answer some questions you may not yet have thought of, like:
Why is Marco Polo important to the development of Jazz?
What made New Orleans so special and so crucial in the creation of Jazz?
What was Congo Square?
How did Jazz originate?
How did the solo develop?
Check out the series here, and learn more about the origins and the dawn …