Before 1920,the closest thing to Jazz was a music form called "Ragtime". "Rag" was a form of dancing. Other than this,most music was not even close to the energy of the jazz sound. After World War 1 and pretty complacent kinds of music and war songs,people were looking for something new and uplifting. In the African-American populated areas a new music form was being played in the clubs. Most famously by a 19 year old Trumpet player named Louis Armstrong. There were other greats then also but Louis Armstrong is credited with putting Jazz on the musical map. The 1920s & 30s,became known as the "jazz-age".
In the late part of the 1920's and early 1930's, Dixieland music began to move northward from New Orleans and evolve. The music was functional, typically used for funerals. Fletcher Henderson enlarged the typical dixieland instrumentation (1 Trumpet, 1 Tenor Sax, 1 Trombone, 1 Clarinet) to 10 or more instruments, with a similar rhythm scheme (Piano, Bass and Drumset). The music kept evolving, and then led to the traditional big band setting (2 Alto Sax, 2 Tenor Sax, 1 Bari Sax, 4 Trombone, 4 Trumpet). The music became almost exclusively for dance, and therefore became extremely popular to play on the radio or for people to go to dances and dance to. Men like Glen Miller, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Woody Herman and Duke Ellington were as popular then as Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Jay Z are today.
Jazz became increasingly popular in the 1920's (which is called the Jazz Age) for many reasons. Overall, Jazz Music was "against the rules" in many aspects. When alcohol was banned, there were venues that sold alcohol illegally, and these venues played jazz music. Jazz, being loud dance music and associated with illegal alcohol consumption, was seen as immoral and thought by older generations to undermine proper values. All this only made jazz more enticing.
Musically, jazz also broke many rules, such as the constant use of the tritone musical interval, known as the "devil's interval" and avoided in music prior to this. It also had the pulse on beats two and four instead of one and three. These elements made it shunned by older generations of people in the music world as well.
It was basically opposite from previous music, and was thus extremely refreshing. Being great dance music associated with illegal consumption of alcohol and discouraged by older generations made it nearly irresistible by younger generations.
There are several popular vocal jazz groups. One of the very popular groups, which varied their styles over the years, but remained mostly in jazz is Manhattan Transfer. New York Voices is also a popular vocal jazz group.
Swing era of the 1930s and the 1940s
It got its name from the jazz music that was popular at the time.
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The Jazz Era or Jazz Age, was popular in the 1920s. It ended in the 1930s when the Great Depression began. However jazz still remains a very popular genre of music even today.
jazz became popular in the 1920's and 30's. this was also a time where women became ''flappers'' which meant they had become more fashionable. drinking and smoking became popular too and people would do this in public. this is encouraged by advertisments in the cinema where the ''American dream'' was widely popular. jazz attracted the young and the white people and jazz was usually performed by the blacks. black people were a form of entertainment then. Louis Armstrong was the first person to invent the jazz songs. jazz and blues songs were widely distrubuted on the radio. :)
In the late part of the 1920's and early 1930's
There are several popular vocal jazz groups. One of the very popular groups, which varied their styles over the years, but remained mostly in jazz is Manhattan Transfer. New York Voices is also a popular vocal jazz group.
Swing era of the 1930s and the 1940s
Jazz was very popular because the 1920's were referred to as the "Jazz Age"
It got its name from the jazz music that was popular at the time.
Jazz was popular.
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coz jazz was really popular, it is mostly knows as the rawring 20s
No, on the contrary. Only 5% of recordings sold are jazz so it can hardly be called popular.
The Jazz Era or Jazz Age, was popular in the 1920s. It ended in the 1930s when the Great Depression began. However jazz still remains a very popular genre of music even today.
There are many, Traditional, also known as Dixieland or revivalist jazz. Swing, also now known as mainstream Bebop. Hard Bop. Jazz/rock fusion. Cool jazz. Funk. Avant garde. Free jazz.