There are many theories of how jazz started, but there is only one real answer to where jazz was started. Some people say that jazz was created because some people wanted a different flavor of music and just started making it up. Other people say that jazz began with the African Americans who were brought over by slave ships. They brought their homeland music over to America. People then took the African-Americans’ music and changed it to form jazz. Other people say that jazz came from other possible places, like New Orleans. The people who think jazz started in New Orleans are right. Jazz was started in New Orleans in the year of 1895.