Jazz has been an influence in many artist's
             work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form
             that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began
             to imitate them in the 1920's and the music form caught on and became very
             popular. Two artists that were influenced by jazz were Jean-Michel Basquiat
             and Stuart Davis. The influence is quite evident in many of their works, such
             as Horn Players, by Basquiat, and Swing Landscape, by Davis. Stuart Davis
             was born in Philadelphia in 1894. He grew up in an artistic environment, his
             father was art director of a Philadelphia newspaper, who had employed Luks,
             Glackens, and other members of the Eight. He studied with Robert Henri from
             1910 to 1913, made covers and drawings for the social realist periodical The
             Masses, which was associated with the Ash-can School, and exhibited
             watercolors in the Armory Show, which made an overwhelming impact on him.
             After a visit to Paris in 1928 he introduced a new note into U.S. cubism, basing
             himself on its synthetic rather than its analytical phase. Using natural forms,
             particularly forms suggesting the characteristic environment of American life,
             he rearranged them into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and
             sharply contrasting colors. He later went on to pure abstract patterns, into
             which he often introduced lettering, suggestions of advertisements, and
             posters. The zest and dynamism of such works as Swing Landscape reflect his
             interest in jazz, which Davis considered to be the counterpart to abstract art.
             Davis is often considered to be the outstanding American artist to work in a
             cubism idiom. He made witty and original ...