7 Unbelievable Facts About Jazz
You'll Hear It4 Juli 2019

7 Unbelievable Facts About Jazz

It's time for Peter & Adam's Believe It or Not with these 7 fun facts about jazz.


7 Unbelievable Facts About Jazz

  1. Jazz musicians turn off part of their brain while improvising (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/this_is_your_brain_on_jazz_researchers_use_mri_to_study_spontaneity_creativity)
  2. No one knows the origin of the word "jazz"
  3. Jazz increases your immunity (https://www.bustle.com/p/can-music-help-you-get-over-a-cold-studies-suggest-it-can-boost-your-immune-system-13231417)
  4. "Hipster" came from jazz slang
  5. John Coltrane had a church named after him
  6. James Reese Europe killed by his drummer in WWI
  7. Louis Armstrong holds the record for oldest artist with #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100
  8. BONUS FACT


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