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Jazz was a type of music that was created mainly in the 1920's. Many different cities were impacted by jazz more than others, and these included New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and Kansas City. Although these cities were most popular with jazz music the idea of this genre affected many cities around America. As jazz began to expand the culture of African Americans became more and more aware. This is because a majority of the people who preformed jazz music had an African American background which found a way to get through America. There were many messages spread throughout all of jazz music that impacted the way that our country was influenced. Jazz was a happy type of music that effected society in a positive way. Even today, jazz continues to influence people by the positive and uplifting beats that create a great atmosphere. Many people listen to popular jazz music from the 1920s on the daily. It is the kind of music that makes people want to get up and dance to whoever is preforming the music. That is why the culture of African Americans began to become known since everyone seemed to enjoy the music. As far as the creation of jazz music goes, many people have positively been impacted by the great musical ideology of this wonderful genre.

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The 1920’s was a decade beginning the music era. The 20’s were nicknamed the Jazz Age. Jazz was created in a black community in New Orleans. African American musicians gathered together to improvise and share their music with one another in Storyville, New Orleans. Jazz is a difficult style of music to define. It is a combination of both European and African styles. The music relies on improvisation, syncopated rhythms, and is subjective as well. Jazz bands, at first, only consisted of cornets, clarinets, trombones, and a rhythm group. Jazz has an enormous effect culturally to the nation. Jazz was the influence to fashion, youth culture, dancing, as well as race relations. Jazz was categorized by “jazz”, played by African Americans, and “White Jazz”, played by white musicians due to the segregation of the 1920’s. Later on an extremely popular Jazz musician, Louis Armstrong, used his music to help break down some racial barriers and bringing people together.

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This primary document shows the lyrics to one of the most popular jazz songs sung by the famous artist, Louis Armstrong. The reason for this song being so popular in the 1920s was because of the message it sent all across America. As said in the lyrics "And I think to myself, what a wonderful world." saying how no matter what is going on in the world or what time of day, the world will always be wonderful. This song was released in 1967 and although it wasn't in the 1920s, the song would not have gotten the attention that it did if the creation of jazz did not become so popular. Lastly, the other thing that the song touches on is the idea of babies and how they will eventually grow up to learn so much about life and its even more spectacular to get the privilege to live in this world. Although this song had a great message, many other jazz songs had the same types of messages as well. This is why "What a Wonderful World" proves how jazz really impacted the community.

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This is a newspaper clipping from February 1, 1921. It was printed by a paper called Clayton's Monthly in Seattle, Washington.The paper mentions the making of Jazz was inspired by the African Jungle. The newspaper also talks about the deep significance of Jazz and how Jazz spread almost instantly around America. Jazz had even made its way into churches. I found this paper interesting because it explains Jazz's path to America. The paper is supporting the wide spread of Jazz and explains the deeper emotions found in Jazz. It also explains some of the conflict that came with the instant spread of Jazz throughout America.

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Cayton's monthly. (Seattle, Wash.) 1921-1921, February 01, 1921, Page 10, Image 10, brought to you by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA, and the National Digital Newspaper Program.

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This document is a quote by one of the most famous Jazz musicians by the name of Jelly Roll Morton. He had started playing the piano and singing Jazz in a brothel (sporting house) at the age of fourteen. When his grandmother found out he was playing music at these sporting houses she kicked him out of her house. He was so passionate about his music he did not want to give up on it so easily. Jazz was a delight to some people, but to others found Jazz to be controversy. The more popular it became the more critics saw it was liberating and sensuous. This quote surprised me about the negative outlooks on Jazz when it was created. I found it interesting that music could create such hate between some people, but also bring others together.

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Louis Armstrong

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Jazz music is still alive today thanks to jazz musicians and listeners that have continued to love jazz. Jazz musicians around the world are either making their version of  jazz; traditional, contemporary mainstream, and/or "anything goes". Big band and women have also been widely popular in today's jazz world.

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However, within the Hard Bop framework, contemporary mainstream jazz artists continue to push the music forward, e.g., ever increasing technical proficiency on their instruments, expanded musical harmonies (more difficult and complex chords and chord progressions), and deeper and varied emotions expressed.

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This website explains many facts including different popular artists from the twenties. Along with not only why jazz was popular, but explaining how and why different genres were popular. While other types of music were popular, this website explains a majority of the background of how jazz was created. Many musicians put a great impact on how and why jazz became such a big genre to preform and listen too.

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1920s popular music was shared through sheet music, piano rolls, and live shows

Prior to the creation of the recorded music industry, popular music was shared through sheet music, piano rolls, and live shows. The second influential technology that helped to create the modern music industry was commercial radio. The first radio was created by Guglielmo Marconi in 1894 and by the 1910s the first commercial public radio stations begin broadcasting in the United States. Many of the first radio stations were owned by newspapers, radio manufacturers, and department stores and did not use the advertising and sponsorship that is familiar to audiences today. Once radio became widespread and popular, the worlds of radio and recorded music began to merge. The music recording industry's profits dropped with the proliferation of commercial radio during the Twenties. Beginning in 1923, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) required licensing fees to play their music on the radio. A final influence on the music industry came near the end of the decade when silent movies turned into "talkies," incorporating recorded sounds and creating a whole new venue for the distribution of popular music. Movie versions of Broadway musicals became extremely popular and introduced different types of music to audiences across the world. What we all know as the modern music industry began in the 1920s with all of these new technologies that were created and used to make and distribute music. The music world was wide open making way for the popularization of genres like Jazz, Blues, Broadway and Dance Bands..

Styles of Music Popular in the Twenties

Popular Dance Bands

Paul Whiteman, Nat Shilkret, Ben Bernie, Ben Selvin, Isham Jones, Fletcher Henderson, Leo Reisman, Ted Lewis, Rudy Vallee, Vincent Lopez

Popular Jazz Musicians

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Red Hot Poppers, Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Marion Harris, Adelaide Hall, Count Basie, King Oliver

Popular Blues Musicians

Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jimmie Rodgers, Victoria Spivey, Sara Martin

Popular Broadway Stars

Eddie Cantor, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Helen Morgan, Ethel Waters, Florence Mills, Marilyn Miller, Al Jolson

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1920s Music History including Twenties Styles, Bands And Artists

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Prior to the creation of the recorded music industry, popular music was shared through sheet music, piano rolls, and live shows. The second influential technology that helped to create the modern music industry was commercial radio. The first radio was created by Guglielmo Marconi in 1894 and by the 1910s the first commercial public radio stations begin broadcasting in the United States.

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This website gives a great over view of jazz in the 1920's. The website begins with an overview of the entire thing. Then the website continues with in depth details about the rising popularity of jazz. The website has a section of most popular jazz songs during the 20's. It included "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More", "Sonny Boy", "My Mammy", and many more hits.

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JazzStandards.com: The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most.

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This is a great website for being able and learn about the jazz culture. It has a lot of information about the culture and about the different musicians of the time. As well as having background information, it goes onto explaining the popularity of the music in different states including, Kansas City, Chicago, New Orleans, and New York. Finally it shows many different artists from the time and explains how they impacted the era. This website is a good source for learning about the culture of jazz.

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In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, African American musicians began gathering in New Orleans. They would congregate to improvise and share their music in Storyville. Early jazz musicians often called New Orleans their home, even if they spent little time there. By 1920, New Orleanian jazz musicians had already spent years spreading the "New Orleans sound" throughout the nation ( the word "jazz" did not enter our vocabulary until 1917). Jelly Roll Morton began touring as early as 1906. Despite the attempts of these musicians to increase the popularity of New Orleans jazz music nationwide, jazz music remained almost exclusively "The sound of New Orleans." In the early 1920s, the first real stars of jazz surfaced. Artists such as King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Kid Ory established well known reputations for their original jazz music.
The New Orleans jazz bands of the early 1920s consited of three voices (cornet, clarinet, and trombone) and a rythm section. Between 1917 and 1923, racism, prejudice, and violence resurfaced against the Creole and African American population in New Orleans. Many jazz musicians were forced to leave New Orleans during this period, including Joe "King" Oliver, Edward "Kid" Ory, Louis Armstrong, and many more. This mass exodus of the greatest jazz musicians of the 1920s coincided with the spread of jazz music throughout the United States. Jazz musicians fled to Chicago, New York, and Kansas City. Chicago was the most popular destination of these early jazz musicians, but New York also saw a great influx of jazz talent. Among these cities, Kansas City was unique, because it was there that the New Orleans jazz sound flourished the longest, well into the 1930s.

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In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, African American musicians began gathering in New Orleans. They would congregate to improvise and share their music in Storyville. Early jazz musicians often called New Orleans their home, even if they spent little time there.