Use The History of Jazz Quiz to test your knowledge about the beginnings of jazz from the honky-tonks of New Orleans at the turn of the century, to its golden age in Chicago, to the dance halls of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, decades when swing was king and the big band sound was all the rage. Explore your knowledge of the aggressive bebop sound of the 1940s, the cool jazz of the 1950s, and the soulful modern jazz introduced in the 1960s.
