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1. MUSIC JAZZ 2. What is Jazz Music? 3. The origin of the word "jazz" is most often traced back to a vulgar term used for…

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PowerPoint Presentation Overview: 1) Etymology 2) Social Variation (Yule ch. 20) 3) The Jazz Vernacular (Yule ch. 18) 4) Regional Dialects(Yule ch. 19) 4) Uses Today (Crystal)…