I would recommend you learn how to spell.
He only started painting when he was 27 years old.
His life is documented on the letters he has wrote.
Before declaring he was an artist, he attempted many other careers.
For most of his life he had a mental illness.
He cut off his own ear.
Answer:
Each ethnic group in New Orleans contributed to the very active musical environment in the city, and in this way to the development of early jazz. A well-known example of early ethnic influences significant to the origins of jazz is the African dance and drumming tradition, which was documented in New Orleans.
