*****but your man Wynton himself will tell you that the earliest roots of jazz are the influence of things like the European music tradition and African rhythms; with a dash of things like Irish reels and Middle Eastern chants thrown in. *****
Funny how all these so-called 'influences' only apply to black music. No mention of the blues, spirituals, or other African-American 'influences' musical or otherwise..
Using your logic:
The first musician was a person that hummed to himself or beat something that could be called a rhythm on a log in Africa.
Therefore ALL subsequent music came from this guy.
You can hear the influences in LvB's 9th, if you listen very closely.
Cheers