In the 1920s, with many seminal jazz figures migrating north, the music's epicentre shifted from its birthplace in New Orleans to Chicago.One of the events that causes this mass exodus of pioneering musicians from the Crescent City was the official closing of Storyville, the city's red light district, in 1917.
"Chicago was really jumping around that time[1923].The dreamland was in full bloom.the lincon Gardens, of course, wass still in there.The plantation was another hot spot at that time. But the sunset, my boss'place , was the sharpest of them all, believe that" (Louis Armstrong)
Sunday, 14 June 2009
The twenties
The Roaring twenties, or Jazz age, was a time of great economic prosperity and extravagance in America. Consumerism reigned and an increasing number of people had access to cars and other luxury goods.Advances in recording technology and the rise of the radio brought the music of the day into people's homes.
Jazz enjoyed widespread popularity and its artists became major stars.The rise of Hollywood and Tin pan Alley added to the sense of glamour and excitement, and to the general feeling that America was several pacea ahead of the rest of the world.
The great migration of laboureers from the South to the northern cities, in search of better wages and new beginnings, reached its peak. This further enabled the absorption nof African American music genres into the mainstream, as migrants brought with them the sounds of their homelands.
Jazz enjoyed widespread popularity and its artists became major stars.The rise of Hollywood and Tin pan Alley added to the sense of glamour and excitement, and to the general feeling that America was several pacea ahead of the rest of the world.
The great migration of laboureers from the South to the northern cities, in search of better wages and new beginnings, reached its peak. This further enabled the absorption nof African American music genres into the mainstream, as migrants brought with them the sounds of their homelands.
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