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Since its creation by African-Americans with outside influences, jazz continues to evolve. Here are some basic facts and brief history.

Many musicians do not consider ragtime worthy concert music. These preconceptions are examined and discussed from a professional persepctive.

The evolution of Tap Dancing shows the involvement of Swing Dancing in its path to become a more accessible way of stomping the dance floor.

Dubstep is a type of electronic dance music, which evolved in the London dance scene. It has since become a more mainstream, much loved, genre of dance music.

Is Smooth Jazz is nothing more than a natural means of bringing Jazz to the masses?

Leonard Bernstein's first attempt at a symphony is at times distressing and at times heartfelt. It left traces of his later music that millions would grow to love.

Ragtime is a musical idiom which flourished between the 1890s and 1910s. It is the only stylistic precursor of jazz for which any tangible evidence survives.

Ragtime had a brief 25 year stint of popularity. In the late twentieth century, several composers, among them William Bolcom, picked up from where early ragtime left off.

Kevin Tuck says that there are many ways to teach percussion all of which are effective. His article explores the best aspects of the systems that are commonly used.

At only 21 years of age, Alex Goodman shows the world why he's a force to be reckoned with in the Canadian jazz scene with his first jazz CD, "Roots".

Black music has always had a monumental impact on world culture. Gospel, blues, jazz, rock, soul, reggae and now hip-hop, have all had their origins in black culture.