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Jazz is a ___MASK5___ ___MASK56___ that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz ___MASK2___ , jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression . It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles , all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation . Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression , and in African - American ___MASK5___ traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band ___MASK5___ . Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one of America ' s original art forms ". ___MASK72___ is ___MASK58___ music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music , including both liturgical ( religious ) and secular music . While a more accurate term is also used to refer to the ___MASK20___ from 1750 to 1820 ( the Classical ___MASK20___ ), this article is about the broad span of ___MASK1___ from roughly the 11th century to the present ___MASK41___ , which includes the Classical ___MASK20___ and various other periods . The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900 , which is known as the common - practice ___MASK20___ . The major ___MASK1___ divisions of Western ___MASK58___ music are as follows : European ___MASK58___ music is largely distinguished from many other non - European and some popular ___MASK95___ forms by its system of staff notation , in use since about the 16th century . Western staff notation is used by composers to indicate to the performer the pitches ( e . g ., melodies , basslines , chords ), tempo , meter and rhythms for a piece of music . This can leave less room for practices such as improvisation and " ad libitum " ornamentation , which are frequently heard in non - European ___MASK58___ music and in popular - music styles such as jazz and blues . Another difference is that whereas most popular styles adopt the song ( strophic ) form , classical music has been noted for its development of highly sophisticated forms of instrumental music such as the concerto , symphony , sonata , and mixed vocal and instrumental styles such as opera which , since they are written down , can sustain larger forms and attain a high level of complexity . ___MASK91___ is a genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . ___MASK91___ also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other ___MASK95___ sources . North Holland (, West Frisian : " Noard - Holland ") is a ___MASK7___ in the northwest of the Netherlands . It is situated on the North ___MASK33___ , north of South Holland and Utrecht , and west of Friesland and Flevoland . As of 2015 , it has a population of 2 , 762 , 163 and a total area of . Ekseption was a Dutch ___MASK23___ active from 1967 to 1989 , playing mostly - instrumental progressive rock and classical rock . The central character in the changing list of members , the only band member present on every album , was conservatory - trained trumpeter Rein van den Broek ( 10 September 1945 - 11 May 2015 ). The band knew some commercial success in the 1970s , having Dutch top ten hit singles with their adaptations of Beethoven ' s " Fifth " and Bach ' s ( Celebrated ) " Air ." The second album , " Beggar Julia ' s time trip " ( 1969 ), won the Dutch Edison Award for album of the year , and the first five albums all went gold . Rick ___MASK80___ der Linden ( 5 ___MASK49___ 1946 , Badhoevedorp , North Holland - 22 January 2006 , Groningen ) was a Dutch composer and keyboardist . Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption , but he played in several other bands including most notably Trace , as well as solo . Van der Linden was best known for his reworkings of classical ___MASK5___ in a pop ___MASK5___ domain , often with jazz improvisations . ___MASK58___ ___MASK97___ is a subgenre of ___MASK91___ that generally reflects a challenging or avant - garde approach to ___MASK97___ , or which makes use of modernist , experimental , or unconventional elements . ___MASK58___ ___MASK97___ aspires to elevate ___MASK97___ from teen entertainment to an artistic statement , opting for a more experimental and conceptual outlook on music . Influences may be drawn from several genres , such as experimental ___MASK97___ , avant - garde music , classical music , and jazz . Progressive ___MASK97___ ( shortened as " prog "; sometimes " art ___MASK97___ ", " classical ___MASK97___ " or " symphonic ___MASK97___ ") is a broad subgenre of ___MASK91___ that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s . Initially termed " progressive pop ", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz , folk or classical music . Additional elements contributed to its " progressive " label : lyrics were more poetic , technology was harnessed for new sounds , music approached the condition of " art ", and the studio , rather than the stage , became the focus of ___MASK95___ activity , which often involved creating music for listening , not dancing . Trace was a Dutch progressive ___MASK97___ trio founded by Rick van der Linden in 1974 after leaving Ekseption . They released three albums before merging back into Ekseption . A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a ___MASK59___ who creates or writes music , which can be vocal music ( for a singer or ___MASK82___ ), instrumental music ( e . g ., for solo piano , ___MASK69___ quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or music which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical music through creation of works expressed in written ___MASK95___ notation ( e . g ., sheet music scores ). Badhoevedorp is a ___MASK100___ in the Dutch ___MASK7___ of North Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer , and lies next to the Ringvaart around Haarlemmermeer (' the canal around the former Lake Harlem ') at the side of the polder bordering Amsterdam / Amstelveen .