Which of the following statements explains why jazz music originated in New Orleans?

A. Bix Beiderbecke and other white musicians traveled to New Orleans to play jazz for the African American musicians who lived in there.

B. The Great Migration brought jazz from the large cities of the Northeast and Midwest to New Orleans.

C. New Orleans is a port city, and it was a place where different people and cultures met.

D. Jazz was spread by the radio to New Orleans.