The Influence Of Jazz In The 1920's

Jazz flourished widely in the 1920’s, which was considered the Jazz age. In the 1920’s Jazz was a lifestyle to most people. Some fell in love with Jazz, while others hated it. People who liked Jazz were the passionate and urban people. Many white young boys and girls fell in love with jazz. Jazz was a way for them to be freed from the rural America. Jazz had originally come from New Orleans but job opportunities had opened up elsewhere causing many musicians to move out of New Orleans. This is what helped spread jazz throughout America.

Jazz was created from African Americans and evolved more and more over time. White people in the middle-class came to enjoy the music. This helped combine the ideals of African Americans with the White people of America.
The prohibition lead to places called speakeasies. Speakeasies were places where people could go to get alcohol illegally. Not only did they sell alcohol, they had ballrooms and stages for musicians. Many jazz musicians came to speakeasies to play their music which highly helped in the spread of jazz. It became popular and more and more people wanted it. Chicago and New York became the places where jazz thrived best and was most popular.In the early 1920’s jazz mainly was made of the cornet, clarinet, trombone and rhythm. There was a lot of racial dispute at the time which had cause some African American musicians to leave New