Show I 1 jazz and ragtime ragtime seems to have originated in new orleans this was about the year 1893 1895 fa ragtime time had the spirit of jazz but it was quite a different thing from the pianists standpoint alexanders ragtime band a jazz song when it was written in 1911 it was ragtime as the name implied 1 distinguishing between ragtime an and I baz paul whiteman in his book jazz says to rag a melody one threw the rhythm out of joint makin making syncopation jazz goes further markins marking the broken rhythm unmistakably |