During the year 1917 Jazz was born in New Orleans, when Nick LaRocca and his Jazz band first recorded the first jazz record. The roots of jazz came from Africa and Europe. Jazz is a very important encounter because it created more jazz bands and ( caused most popular music today). Now Jazz is played everywhere, radio stations, concerts, homes and anywhere else jazz is played there is even jazz clubs in the world . Jazz brought a lot of people together especially the African American community. Jazz brought them together because it got them through the struggles of the slavery time and segregated times. and because of that jazz became a movement.