Jazz in France
It has been said that France was the first country to take jazz seriously as an artform, before even America...
Country Profile
Jazz in Papua New Guinea
The country of Papua New Guinea, with its population of more than 8 million, maintains a jazz element in its...
Jazz in Canada
Canada's proximity to USA meant that it received authentic touring jazz groups before any other country. Freddie Keppard's Original Creole...
Jazz in China
Following the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the chaos of the Boxer rebellion in the early part of the...
Jazz in Mongolia
From 1924, Mongolian People's Republic was heavily influenced by Soviet Russia, and this proved a similar hindrance to the arrival...
Jazz In Poland
Between the wars, and following Poland's renewed independence in 1918, dance bands were hugely popular. A generation of Polish-Jewish musicians...
Jazz in Sudan
The period following Sudan's independence from Britain in 1956 was a period of artistic freedom, at least in the capital...
Jazz in Azerbaijan
In the chaos that followed the Russian Revolution, Azerbaijan, which was part of the Soviet Union from 1920, jazz was...
Jazz in Denmark
C-melody saxophonist Valdemar Eiberg (1892-1965) made the first jazz recordings with an octet in Denmark in 1924. His band included...
