Jazz music was most popular from 1930 to 1942 during the swing era. At this time Jazz became very popular and people today are still influenced by it. The swing era included musicians in large band ensembles and had little to no improvising. One of the most popular performers at this time was Duke Ellington. The swing era was significant because unlike past forms of jazz that was orally passed down this was more written and had more structure. The three most played styles of this decade include traditional jazz styles like blues, swing, bebop, and hard bop as well as another form influenced by hard bop, called contemporary mainstream Jazz and lastly improvisers, which included all types of Jazz music. These forms are still similar to the most popular form of Jazz which was swing because swing is still one of the important styles along with other forms like bebop and contemporary mainstream Jazz. The period most nostalgic for Jazz fans would be swing and the blues based Jazz. This is because this is the time when Jazz was most famous and when it was Blues influenced it was very soulful and has a lot of meaning to the Jazz fans that still listen to
Jazz music was most popular from 1930 to 1942 during the swing era. At this time Jazz became very popular and people today are still influenced by it. The swing era included musicians in large band ensembles and had little to no improvising. One of the most popular performers at this time was Duke Ellington. The swing era was significant because unlike past forms of jazz that was orally passed down this was more written and had more structure. The three most played styles of this decade include traditional jazz styles like blues, swing, bebop, and hard bop as well as another form influenced by hard bop, called contemporary mainstream Jazz and lastly improvisers, which included all types of Jazz music. These forms are still similar to the most popular form of Jazz which was swing because swing is still one of the important styles along with other forms like bebop and contemporary mainstream Jazz. The period most nostalgic for Jazz fans would be swing and the blues based Jazz. This is because this is the time when Jazz was most famous and when it was Blues influenced it was very soulful and has a lot of meaning to the Jazz fans that still listen to