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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]
“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).
The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Hendricks, Jon (1921-2017) Jones, Peter. This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2020. Herman, Woody (1913–1987) Lees, Gene. Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman. New York: Oxford ...
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. ... (1920–2013) Hubert Laws (born ...
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.
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.
White jazz musicians appeared in the Midwest and in other areas throughout the U.S. Papa Jack Laine, who ran the Reliance band in New Orleans in the 1910s, was called "the father of white jazz". [22] The Original Dixieland Jazz Band , whose members were white, were the first jazz group to record, and Bix Beiderbecke was one of the most ...
Dickenson was a member of "The World's Greatest Jazz Band", the house band at The Roosevelt Grill in New York City. [3] He also performed at the same venue in a smaller group that featured him alongside trumpeter Bobby Hackett. [1] Dickenson is in Art Kane's photograph, A Great Day in Harlem, which includes trombonist Miff Mole.