... with other influential musicians including Jelly Roll Norton. Chicago became the focal point for jazz in the early 1920s when New Orleans musicians found their way north after clubs in the Storyville area of New Orleans were closed. Jazz began to gain wider notice as recordings made in the Windy City sold throughout America. Chicago seemed to be an attraction for musicians in the Mid-West. Famous musicians who received attention for their work they did in Chicago were Earl Hines, Johnny Dodds, Louis Armstrong and King Oliver. New York City was another contributor to the richness of jazz in many ways. The first piano style to be incorporated into jazz was stride, which developed from ragtime and was popular in New York. The city was also the center of the music publishing business. Also in New York, James Reese Europe experimented with a style of jazz that was involved ...

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