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improvisatory nature, rhythmic vitality (i.e., “swing”) and emotional expressiveness While jazz has exerted a marked influence on other genres of music during its first 100 years, it has itself undergone a degree of internationalization as musicians of other countries, Canada early among them, have
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  • improvisatory nature, rhythmic vitality (i.e., “swing”) and emotional expressiveness
  • While jazz has exerted a marked influence on other genres of music during its first 100 years, it has itself undergone a degree of internationalization as musicians of other countries, Canada early among them, have taken up, adopted and/or adapted many of its traditions.
  • The earliest jazz musicians in Canada were of American origin and appeared on vaudeville stages and in cabarets in the mid-to-late 1910s.

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