THE JAZZ AGE: a cultural period and movement that took place in America during the 1920s from which both new styles of music and dance emerged. F. Scott Fitzgerald called the 1920's a time when "the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser." With its earthy rhythms, fast beat, and improvisational style, jazz symbolized the decade's spirit of liberation. At the same time, new dance styles arose, involving spontaneous bodily movements and closer physical contact between partners. Largely credited to African Americans employing new musical techniques along with traditional African traditions, jazz soon expanded to America’s white middle class.
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DANCE CRAZE, 1921. 'Jazz Band and Shimmy.' Office workers at a five o'clock dance.
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The Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, c.1930
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Musicians: Louis Armstrong, famous jazz trumpeter and bandleader
JELLY ROLL MORTON with his band
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Six Musical Spillers
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GERTRUDE 'MA' RAINEY. - (1886-1939). American singer. 'Ma' Rainey singing in Chicago in the 1920s.
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