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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]
Pages in category "20th-century Jazz musicians from New Orleans" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 298 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
“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).
In New Orleans, the development of jazz was influenced by Creole music, ragtime, and blues. [11] Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". [12] The earliest Jazz styles, which emerged in New Orleans, Chicago, and New York in the early 1920s, are sometimes referred to as "dixieland jazz."
Pages in category "Jazz musicians from New Orleans" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 315 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dave Albert Williams Jr. (August 20, 1920 - March 12, 1982) was an American jazz, blues, and rhythm & blues pianist, bandleader, singer, and songwriter. [1] He was the author of "I Ate Up The Apple Tree", a staple of contemporary New Orleans brass bands.
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings represents a contingent of white jazz bands that emerged from 1915 to the early 1920s. [7] These bands, perhaps the best-known of which was the Original Dixieland Jazz Band , attempted to imitate the fast virtuosic style of their black counterparts.
Kid Thomas (1896–1987), born Thomas Valentine, was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Kid Thomas was born in Reserve, Louisiana and came to New Orleans in his youth. In the early 1920s, he gained a reputation as a hot trumpet man. Starting in 1926 he led his own band, for decades based in the New Orleans suburb of Algiers, Louisiana ...