Duke Ellington

Americas

African American musicians blend blues, ragtime, and brass-band traditions into jazz in New Orleans. As the Great Migration carries the sound north, Harlem c…

• 1920s CE

  Jazz spreads from New Orleans

  African American musicians blend blues, ragtime, and brass-band traditions into jazz in New Orleans. As the Great Migration carries the sound north, Harlem clubs and radio broadcasts make jazz a defining voice of the Jazz Age.