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  2. 1920s in jazz - Wikipedia

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    In the early years of jazz, record companies were often eager to decide what songs were to be recorded by their artists. Popular numbers in the 1920s were pop hits such as "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Dinah" and "Bye Bye Blackbird". The first jazz artist to be given some liberty in choosing his material was Louis Armstrong, whose band helped ...

  3. 1920 in jazz - Wikipedia

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    “One can plausibly argue that the debate over jazz was just one of many that characterized American social discourse in the 1920s” (Ogren 3). In 1919, jazz was being described to white people as “a music originating about the turn of the twentieth century in New Orleans that featured wind instruments exploiting new timbres and performance techniques and improvisation” (Murchison 97).

  4. List of jazz musicians - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. ... Art Van Damme (1920–2010) [1 ...

  5. Category:Jazz musicians from New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Jazz musicians from New York (state)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 478 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. List of 1920s jazz standards - Wikipedia

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    However, Chicago's importance as a center of jazz music started to diminish toward the end of the 1920s in favor of New York. [4] In the early years of jazz, record companies were often eager to decide what songs were to be recorded by their artists. Popular numbers in the 1920s were pop hits such as "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Dinah" and "Bye Bye ...

  7. List of big bands - Wikipedia

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    While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.

  8. Jazz Age - Wikipedia

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    Jazz artists like Louis Armstrong originally received very little airtime because most stations preferred to play the music of white American jazz singers. Other jazz vocalists include Bessie Smith and Florence Mills. In urban areas, such as Chicago and New York, African-American jazz was played on the radio more often than in the suburbs.

  9. Category:Jazz musicians from New York City - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Jazz musicians from New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .