Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Jazz Era

Jazz emerged in New Orleans in the early 20 Th century. It lead away form the Minstrelsy era into an era of swing and energetic music with style and passion. It was a completely different type of music to emerge and it quickly became popular. Jazz would be performed at speakeasies during the prohibition where people could drink and dance and have a good time. During the Jazz era came the advent of the radio allowing jazz and music to be far more accessible to listeners. What kind of long term effects did the advent of the radio have on the popularity of the Jazz era and the music industry?

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