| Genre | Music |
| Medium | Radio • Recordings |
| Origins | |
| Emergence | Late 1800s and early 1900s |
| Influences | Blues • brass band • European styles |
| Characteristics | Improvisation • Polyrhythms • Virtuosic solos |
| Modern jazz age | Early to mid 1900s |
| Notable musicians | |
| First major superstar |
