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Asian-American jazz is a musical movement in the United States begun in the 20th century by Asian-American jazz musicians.Although Asian Americans had been performing jazz music almost since that music’s inception it was not until the late 20th century when a distinctly Asian-American brand of jazz began to develop. Gabe Baltazar and Paul Togawa were early jazz musicians established in the 1950s Los Angeles jazz scene.