STAINS PRESENTATION

Harlem Renaissance

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The Jazz Age

After the war, people wanted to see true life again- new experiences, renewed happiness. Though the 1920's had it's fair share of issues such as the debate on teaching evolution and the forthcoming of the Great Depression, the Jazz Age brought light to city life in a time that needed it though music, dancing, and new fashion and expression. It broke social normals and allowed people to expand their confidence in living life how they pleased

Jazz Music

ANd its roots

Jazz had major roots in New Orleans, and although there were many different experimental styles of Jazz with components of Bluegrass, Dixieland, Ragtime, and Swing, what the broad genre had in common was irregularity, improvisation, cultural expression, and syncopation- most of which were rooted in African American music.

"The parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser" - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Speakeasies

During the Prohibition era, speakeasies where many sought out illegal alcohol also had the excitement of jazz music. Many women went to speakeasies, enjoying their new abilities and political rights. They wore slightly more revealing clothing, danced all night, and sometimes even made alcohol from home. You go gal

The "Cotton Club"

One of these speakeasies was the Cotton Club, which featured black artists playing for only white audiences. It kept up stereotypes of African Americans (hence the name "Cotton Club") and was a way for white people to enjoy jazz made by black people, while still holding prejudice and making them feel inferior. Artists such as Duke Ellington played there, which also led to the popularity of playing with an orchestra. The growth of jazz also led to other motsly unheard components of music such as scatting.

Popular Artists of the 1920s

Jelly Roll Morton

Louis Armstrong

Ethel Waters

Trumpeter and singer, one of the most known and inspiring jazz figures. Often regarded as a founding father of jazz.

Started with blues in the 1920s, and continued on with swing jazz both on Broadway and other stages.

One of the first known jazz composers, he was a ragtime jazz pianist from New Orleans.

Conclusion

Because of the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans grew to have a major role on the music most loved in America- leading to increased cultural pride and greater expression during the 1920s as opposed to prewar times. The addition of jazz into many American's lives inspired them to live life on a more "risky" side to what they used to, since it lightened up the idea of going to speakeasies for illegal alcohol. In the same area, women broke out of their previously pushed boundaries and had new appearances and lifestyles.