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This period in time was in the 1920's and 1930's in which jazz music and dance became very popular nationwide in the United States. This music originated in New Orleans and this is a mix between African and European music. The Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties overlapped during this time. The reason that this movement gained so much popularity was because of radios.

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After the war, the younger generation began to come out of their shell. Rebellious and ready to embrace the new, they discarded the popular old dances and created new dances in their place. The dances became popular with the 'rebels' as they danced the night away at any social gathering they could. Along with the new social dances, a new way to dance them came as well. The dance partners held one another closer than before, and went with the flow of one another. A dance new, gentle and fresh, but most of all freeing and expressive.

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"You'd be Surprised!" (Eddie Cantor, 1920)

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The Jazz Age was a cultural period during the 20s when jazz music became wildly popular. Credited to African Americans for creating  new musical techniques along combining it with traditional African traditions, jazz soon expanded to America’s white middle class.

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"The Jazz Music is a blend of African, Latin. and European forms and styles"

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"The Jazz Music is a blend of African, Latin. and European forms and styles"

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King Oliver or Joseph Oliver was a trumpet, cornet, and bandleader from, Louisiana. Famously known for choosing to be accompanied by Louis Armstrong who would later replace King in Kid Ory's band. King was known for his solo on "Dippermouth Blues". He later went on to New York with his own band "Dixie Syncopaters".

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Louis Armstrong was an African  American musician that grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. He Dropped out of school to become a full time musician. He was the first major Jazz soloists and the most influential musician of the 20th century. Three of his record songs are "Hello Dolly", "Blueberry Hill" and "Mack the Knife"

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Edward Ory was born in Laplace, Lousiana in 1886. He was one of the pioneers of New Orleans Jazz. He was one of the earliest jazz trombonists of the era. At the age of ten, he started his musical career by picking up the banjo, which later influenced the way he played his trombone. It was rumored that at the age of thirteen, Buddy Bolden offered him a place in his band. Unfortunately, he was too young to join. Later in life, he went on to lead one of the greatest bands in all of New Orleans that consisted of artists such as Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, King Oliver, Jimmy Noone, and Sydney Bechet.

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The dance age repurposed and brought out excitement and expression. The main dances that made their way into the spotlight of the Jazz Age included; the Foxtrot, the Waltz, the Tango, the Rumba, Conga, Samba, the Charleston and more. The Foxtrot was one of the most famous and popular dances of the time. The dance was a renamed and edited version of the one-step, giving it a more 'jazzy' feel for the youths.

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Fletcher Henderson was born on December 18th, 1897 in Cuthbert, Georgia. He was an American musical arranger, band leader, and pianist who was a leading pioneer in the sound, style, and instrumentation of big band jazz. In 1921 he took a position as a musical factotum for Black Swan records, the first Black-owned recording company, for which he organized small bands to provide backing for singers. He played piano for leading Black singers on more than 150 records between 1921 and 1923. He then began a full time career as a bandleader. In 1924 Henderson hired Louis Armstrong which made the band become more jazz oriented.