https://www.pitara.com/tags/music-styles/Recent content in Music Styles on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-are-the-various-jazz-styles/Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:12:25 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-are-the-various-jazz-styles/<p>Jazz originated from the American South in the 18th century as a form of music sung by African slaves employed in the many plantations. Jazz music was influenced by different cultures from a combination of African folk music and rhythms to Caribbean and black American music.</p> <p>Various styles of playing evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries as musicians started to improvise. This was because early musicians did not have formal training in Western classical music and those that did began to introduce European harmonies and forms into Jazz and made the pattern of music uneven.</p>