Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.music,net.music.classical Subject: Question for jazz history buffs (influence on Impressionists) Message-ID: <3822@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 11:39:19 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.3822 Posted: Mon Jun 4 11:39:19 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jun-84 06:49:07 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 10 Just how far back does jazz go? Blues? Ravel and Debussy were writing music with "blue" chords in them as early as 1905-1908. Is it possible that they picked this up from jazz precursors? Is it possible that jazz or blues musicians attended the Exposition Universelle in Paris in the 1880's, in which music from all around the world was performed? Cheers, Jeff Winslow