-What are some of the issues that complicate a clear, definitive story about what jazz is and how its history has been understood?
Jazz has been a style of dance that originated many years ago and continues to develop to this day. In the podcast Jazz as Communal Practice, it talks about how there isn't a clear definitive story about jazz and the way its history is understood because of how its history has changed as the branches of Jazz developed. Furthermore, in the podcast it mentions how the roots of Jazz are African as enslaved African Americans use Jazz as a form of communications when they were brought through the middle passage , but as Jazz began to develop and branch out in places like latin American countries, Europe, etc. the dances moves began to shift from the original moves. Also, it is hard to put a definition to what Jazz is because of how broad the dance has become.