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In 1920, the jazz age was underway and was indirectly fueled by prohibition of alcohol. [5] In Chicago, the jazz scene was developing rapidly, aided by the immigration of over 40 prominent New Orleans jazzmen to the city, continuous throughout much of the 1920s, including The New Orleans Rhythm Kings who began playing at Friar's Inn. [5]
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. ... (1920–2010) [1] Banjo. Double ...
“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).
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (/ ˈ b aɪ d ər b ɛ k / BY-dər-bek; [1] March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer.. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like ...
Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) [1] was an American jazz trombonist and singer. [2] According to critic Scott Yanow of Allmusic, Teagarden was the preeminent American jazz trombone player before the bebop era of the 1940s and "one of the best jazz singers too". [3]
Oliver's band was among Chicago's most influential jazz bands in the early 1920s. Armstrong lived luxuriously in his apartment with his first private bath. Excited to be in Chicago, Armstrong began his career-long pastime of writing letters to friends in New Orleans. Armstrong could blow 200 high Cs in a row.
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
From 1919, Kid Ory's Original Creole Jazz Band of musicians from New Orleans played in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where in 1922 they became the first black jazz band of New Orleans origin to make recordings. [30] The year also saw the first recording by Bessie Smith, the most famous of the 1920s blues singers.