Why was jazz considered the devil's music?

When the new sound of jazz first spread across America in the early twentieth-century, it left delight and controversy in its wake. read more

The Devil's Music features another jazz great of the century, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, who created a sensation when he toured England in 1933. By the time Ellington hit the scene, classical musicians and music critics alike were analyzing jazz and declaring it a serious art form. read more

I believe that rock n roll is a combination of devil's music and man-made music. The blues music was started and created in the 1920s by Robert Johnson who sold his soul in a crossroad to the devil in exchange of talent, fame, money and women. read more