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I like band music a lot. But I'm not sure how John Phillips Sousa's band music turned into jazz. Here's a marching band that is clearly jazz..
BLOB_CASTLE · 4324 days ago · link ·
It's not necessarily that Sousa's music contributed directly to jazz but more so in that it brought popularity to people going out and seeing music. On top of this, it also got more and more people interested in harmonizing horn lines. Over time, this development turned into more modern harmonization that we hear today.