Cardel Blalock 5/4/17 English The Jazz Age: What is the Jazz Age ?The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s ‚ ending with the Great Depression in which jazz music and dance styles became popular in the United States. Despite of social and economic upheaval ‚ the 1900s prospered as a whole. Society was experiencing a
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Armstrong and many other artists like Ellington‚ Jelly Roll Morton‚ and Bessie Smith used Jazz as a means to exemplify the severe hardships faced by African Americans in the rural South and the urban North. It took the environment of the new American city to bring in close proximity some of the
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In the early 1920’s‚ African Americans were a great part of a cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. "The New Negro Movement"‚ later known as "The Harlem Renaissance" was an unexpected outburst of creative activity among African-Americans occurred in all fields of art it caught the country by surprise. The migration of African Americans from the South brought them to Harlem‚ a New York area. The Harlem Renaissance brought out a lot of musical talent. Singers‚ musicians‚ writers‚ shopkeepers
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Jazz Concert Reflection Jazz is a musical style that began in African American communities in the southern United States around the beginning of the twentieth century. It was a new style of music that brought together music traditions from West Africa and Europe. Some of its West African musical influences give jazz its unique sound. Jazz has many different elements‚ which are improvisations‚ swinging‚ using blue notes‚ and combining different
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In the decades immediately following World War I‚ huge numbers of African Americans migrated to the industrial North from the economically depressed and agrarian South. This was known as the Great Migration which occurred between 1910 and 1920. The timing of this coming-of-age was spot on. The years between World War I and the Great Depression were boom times for the United States‚ and jobs were plentiful in cities‚ especially in the North. Between 1920 and 1930‚ almost 750‚000 African Americans
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Renaissance in the 1920 and 1930s. Authors and poets that were brought into the limelight were Zora Neale Hurston‚ Langston Hughes‚ and Courtnee Cullen. This era was where Jazz‚ Swing‚ and the blues entered the world. Musicians such as Fats Waller‚ Duke Ellington‚ and Jelly Roll Morton were considered to have laid the foundation for future musicians of their genre. I feel that the Arts are one of the hugest contributions that African Americans have made in our society. I intend to keep the arts apart
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The Jazz Age was a cultural movement that began around 1918‚ post WWI. It was born in New Orleans but later spread around the world‚ it was a beautiful mixture of jazz and march banding styled music and was often played by African-Americans. It was the first time that people began to move to the cities rather than in rural areas. It was the first time that African American were given the opportunity to progress in a society that failed them since the ending our slavery. After the war‚ new trends
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“The Harlem of Inspired Hearts and Minds” The Emergence of the New Negro Terrance Baker Nicole Maurice Junior Moise Abstract: Langston Hughes wrote‚ "Harlem was like a great magnet for the Negro intellectual‚ pulling him from everywhere. Or perhaps the magnet was New York‚ but once in New York‚ he had to live in Harlem…Harlem was not so much a place as a state of mind‚ the cultural metaphor for Black America itself (Hughes‚ 1940)." With the words from the man that many
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Cited: Gioia‚ Ted. The History of Jazz. New York: Oxford UP‚ 2011. Haskins‚ James. Black Music in America: a History through Its People. 1st ed. New York: Harper Trophy‚ 1993. Rattenbury‚ Ken. Duke Ellington‚ Jazz Composer. London: Yale UP‚ 1993. Sutro‚ Dirk. Jazz for Dummies. 2nd ed. Hoboken‚ NJ: Wiley Pub.‚ 2006. Tirro‚ Frank. Jazz: a History. 2nd ed. New York: Norton‚ 1993. "Understanding Jazz: What Is Jazz?" The John F. Kennedy Center for the
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really popular in the 1920’s; it was a way for artist to express themselves through rhythm. As the artist would express themselves‚ people would listen to the music and become a fan. People were inspired by music throughout the 1920’s‚ including Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. Just like music was an important role in “the roaring 20’s”‚ dancing contributed as well. The couple swing dancing to jazz shows how jazz was a major hit in the 1920’s. Dancing was found to be a main entertainment for people
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