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Considering how jazz is transcribed in Chinese, you may be misled into assuming that it is a cultural form belonging to those who have some elegant tastes. Nothing could be further from the truth. It (36) among black Americans at the end of the 19th century, at a time when they (37) the very bottom of the American social heap. So how has something that was created by a once despised (38) acquired a central place in today’s American culture It’s a (39) that many people would like to solve. Perhaps the (40) of America is that you could never get two Americans to agree on just what that might be. After thinking about it for a while, we might (41) , "Hmm, seems like being American is a hit more (42) than we thought." Certainly things like (43) , success, innovation and tolerance stand out. (44) . Some, like African-American writer Ralph Ellison, believes that jazz captures the intrinsic properties of America. (45) . They say jazz brought together elements from Africa and Europe, fusing them into a new culture, an expression unique to the Americas. Beyond that, though, jazz has a connection to the intrinsic properties of America in a much more fundamental way. (46) .