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Music Styles for Popular Music Christopher Brawn Jazz was first developed in the late 18th century carrying traits of African black folk music. Late 18th and early 19th century Jazz was played by Marching bands and sometimes through solo pianists. The earliest style of Jazz was played in New Orleans and credited the name of 'New Orleans Jazz'. This style used instrumentation such as trumpet providing the melodic side of the song, the harmony would come from the trombone, a clarinet would have been used while either guitar or piano and drums would have played the rhythm. New Orleans Jazz is known as the happiest and most accessible style of Jazz due to its basic harmonies and the ensemble it uses. An important figure that was playing in this era was Louis Armstrong; he was the first influential soloist that emerged in Jazz. Studio recordings such as his Hot Seven...

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