Yeah, for many, they see jazz as "America's classical music" actually.
JAZZ IS SEEN BY MANY AS AMERICA'S CLASSICAL MUSIC
I like jazz music Neat, are you aware that has origins in the New Orleans African-American communities? Really? Yes, it developed from roots in blues and ragtime. I like blues Really? So you like the call-and-response pattern that characterizes it? Yeah, I actually didn't know it was called that but it makes sense to me now! I think blues, jazz and some others are really America's music.
Jazz is seen by many as 'America's classical music'.