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  1. Jazz | Definition, History, Musicians, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. It is often characterized …

  2. Jazz Music Portal | Britannica

    Jazz music, which was developed by African Americans and was influenced by both African rhythms and European harmonic structure, first appeared at the turn of the 20th century and …

  3. Radical Reconstruction | Definition, History, & Effects | Britannica

    Dec 4, 2025 · Radical Reconstruction, period of U.S. history during which the Radical Republicans in Congress seized control of Reconstruction from President Andrew Johnson and passed the …

  4. Evolution | Definition, History, Types, & Examples | Britannica

    6 days ago · Evolution, theory in biology postulating that the various types of living things on Earth have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to …

  5. Science | Definition, Disciplines, & Facts | Britannica

    5 days ago · The term science describes any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic …

  6. Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration | Britannica

    Dec 5, 2025 · Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration: Whereas most of these postwar musicians worked out their individual styles through personal explorations within the central …

  7. Taxonomy - Ranks, Species, Classification | Britannica

    Dec 2, 2025 · Taxonomy - Ranks, Species, Classification: The goal of classifying is to place an organism into an already existing group or to create a new group for it, based on its …

  8. Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing: It was in the 1920s that the first forms of true orchestral jazz were developed, most significantly by Fletcher Henderson and Duke …

  9. Periodic table | Definition, Elements, Names, Symbols, Groups, …

    Dec 22, 2025 · Periodic table, in chemistry, is an organized array of all the chemical elements in order of increasing atomic number. When the elements are thus arranged, there is a recurring …

  10. jazz summary | Britannica

    jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms.