This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1902.
Events
Jelly Roll Morton start to get attention in the New Orleans scene, at the age of 17 years, as a brothel piano player. He primarily plays
Ragtime and a little
Blues at this point. He is one of the first to play this mix that is a forerunner of Jazz. He later claimed to have invented Jazz in this year by combining Ragtime,
Quadrilles and Blues.[1]
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1902.
Events
Jelly Roll Morton start to get attention in the New Orleans scene, at the age of 17 years, as a brothel piano player. He primarily plays
Ragtime and a little
Blues at this point. He is one of the first to play this mix that is a forerunner of Jazz. He later claimed to have invented Jazz in this year by combining Ragtime,
Quadrilles and Blues.[1]