Jazz came about in New Orleans and other major southern cities such as Saint Louis, Chicago and Kansas City in the early part of the 20th century. It is a mix of two cultures that came together here in the United States and formed this style of music. The two cultures are the English culture and the rest of Europe with their classical and soothing music which includes melodies, soft tempos, and a wide variety of instruments. The other is the West African folk music developed here in the United States durning the 17th, 18th and 19th century. As the years went by, Jazz has been modifided and has become more popular than ever.

Jazz became more popular as blacks and others began to move north and to other major cities in search for work. The massive migration brought Jazz to become the next style of music listened to around the country. Jazz and the Blues started to play on the radio by "small-time" musicians and records began to come out in the 1920's (also known as the Roaring Twenties), this exotic and fun music to listen to changed how people danced, how people acted, and how people dressed (skankier, also known as "flappers") As time went on Jazz began to become more popular and more influential until the early 1960's, when the next style of music, Rock, came out.