1890s
- Development of ragtime
1903 - Bessie
Smith makes her singing debut at the age of nine
1920s - King Oliver and Jerry Roll Morton
develop New Orleans Jazz in Chicago and New York
1927 - The Jazz Singer released in US cinemas
1940s - Start of the Bebop revolution
1955 - Miles
Davis stars at the Newport Jazz Festival
1960s - Development of avant garde "Free
Jazz
1970s - Early Jazz-Rock fusion experiments
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