MUSIC IN THE 20'S

AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ

• Jazz was very popular due to its availability to the white upper middle class.

JAZZ AND ITS INFLUENCE

• Jazz poetry
• Fashion
• Industries
• Were all effected by this "basement" music.

Jazz in New Orleans

• African Americans began gathering in New Orleans.
• Jazz Musicians such as: King Oliver, Louis Armstong, and Kid Ory became stars of jazz in New Orleans.

Jazz in Chicago

• Jazz music in Chicago was more uniform and less wild.
• As jazz grew in Chicago, the clubs became segregated.
• The "Negro clubs" began getting more wild than the white middle class jazz.
• King Oliver's "bluesy" sound and exciting rhythms were new to Chicago.
• After its popularity grew, Oliver's band made their first recordings.

Jazz in New York

• Jazz was influenced by "rag time" music.
• After The "Original Dixieland Jazz Band" peformed on Broadway, musicians began to imitate the jazz sound