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How jazz has travelled around the world

Where did jazz originate, and can a single definition be found for this music now found all over the world?  Find out how jazz has travelled around the world and been reinterpreted in many different ways.

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How did black Britons develop their own sense of a musical identity through jazz, after a decade of unrest?

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Jazz was frowned upon in Britain for many years – why was this, and what was the free jazz movement that evolved?

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Jazz, with its element of protest, flourished in South Africa regardless of attempts to suppress it.

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From undesirable and immoral to sophisticated and modern, jazz in Japan has had a mixed reception over the years – explore its changing history.

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