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Jazz and blues are two distinct yet related genres of African American musical art form that were born in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Both were derived from a mixture of traditional Western music, folk spirituals, and African rhythmic structures.

Jazz is a genre characterized by improvisation, which is the spontaneous composition of melodic ideas as a performance progresses. It has a rhythmic structure known as swing, which is a rhythmic ” feel” or sense of timing, and a distinctive phrasing, pitch, and time structure.

Blue notes are a characteristic feature of blues and jazz, often Bell-shaped and sung or played with a special tone that expresses a deep feeling of sadness, melancholy, or longing.

The blues is a genre of music that emerged in the Deep South of the United States in the late 19th century. It is characterized by