Jazz Age ways with the Prohibition Era. American author F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely credited with coining the term, first using it in the title of his 1922 short story collection, "Tales of the Jazz Age". Jazz music originated in New Orleans in the "sub-style" of Dixieland Jazz. Jazz is the hybrid of African and European influence. From African influence, jazz got its rhythm, "blues" quality, and traditions of playing or singing in one's own expressive way. From European influence, jazz got its harmony and instruments (saxophone, trumpet, piano, etc.). Both influences used improvisation which became a large part of jazz. New
Dixieland Jass Band One-Step and played by the Original Dixieland Jass Band" omitted the phrase "Composed and played by". Max Hart, the manager of the ODJB, made an agreement with J. W. Stern in 1917 for the publication rights to "Dixieland Jass Band One- Step." Nick LaRocca wrote to Eddie Edwards on November 8, 1929: "Ed, I want you to look up Max Hart and see if he will sign the Dixieland one step to one of us so we can get behind the publisher to settle up with us, on royalty due band. Suppose you go and see J. W. Stern or his