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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

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Topics

Chicago style New Orleans style jazz Latin jazz swing jazz-rock free jazz Kansas City style cool jazz bebop What’s the Difference Between Blues and Jazz?Montreux Jazz Festival scat

Key People

Henry Allen

Henry Allen

American musician

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Spike Jones

American bandleader

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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