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Are there any interesting aspects about Big band music?
Before 1910, social dance in America was dominated by steps such as the waltz and polka.
What happened after 1914 with Big band?
One of the first bands to accompany the new rhythms was led by a drummer, Art Hickman, in San Francisco in 1916.

Question: How did jazz shape the music in this era?
Self-contained rewrite: How did jazz shape music in the early 1900s?