Jazz and Blues existed years before they were put to record or published going back atleast to the 1890's.
The main influence that transformed Ragtime to Jazz was the Blues influence. The Blues influence is where it's phrasing/vocal imitations/blues tonality comes from. "Swing" as a description of rhythm is also older than what "Swing" came to be mean in the big band swing era.
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