Jazz:
· Jazz is a music genre that begun in the 20th Century in the South of the US with African-American communities who combined the influences of African and European music[i].
· Swing music is a form of jazz that developed in the early 1930’s, which had a faster tempo than jazz and a swing-time rhythm[ii].
· Louis Armstrong is a famous jazz trumpet player from the time period. Benny Goodman was a white musician as legendary as Elvis Presley, who created jazz bands of both black and white musicians.
** This revolutionized the music culture, because black musicians were generally discriminated and were not as successful
· During the Prohibition era from 1920 to 1933, when alcohol was banned, people related jazz with illegal substances, dark and crowded cabarets because that was where the jazz bands played.
** When swing came to be, it was considered more wholesome because the performers were well-dressed and clean-cut.
· It was still a very popular type of music, especially in Alabama and other parts of the South such as New Orleans in Louisiana, where jazz and swing are said to have originated.
· This is the song “It’s the Talk of the Town”, by Fletcher Henderson, played in 1933. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5e4VOQbfKk
Dance:
· Swing dance sometimes was known as a bad influence for young people because it was associated with dark and smoky cabarets with drugs
· Some of the major swing era dances include the Lindy Hop, Lindy Charleston, Shag, Balboa and Blues.
· There were many dancing competitions, which was part of the fun of social dancing
· Lindy Hop was a popular dance that originated mid-1920’s in New York, together with the Jitterbug[iii].
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5T8XauYhlU In this clip, the band Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, created by a bouncer in the Savoy Ballroom in New York, are part of a popular film called “A Day at the Races”.
· In the 1930’s, college dance bands had an important role in the history of both jazz and swing-dancing in the South.
** The Alabama Cavaliers, the Auburn Knights and the Bama State Collegians.
· The dances included many difficult steps such as very high jumps and fast footwork.
· Jazz is a music genre that begun in the 20th Century in the South of the US with African-American communities who combined the influences of African and European music[i].· Swing music is a form of jazz that developed in the early 1930’s, which had a faster tempo than jazz and a swing-time rhythm[ii].
· Louis Armstrong is a famous jazz trumpet player from the time period. Benny Goodman was a white musician as legendary as Elvis Presley, who created jazz bands of both black and white musicians.
** This revolutionized the music culture, because black musicians were generally discriminated and were not as successful
· During the Prohibition era from 1920 to 1933, when alcohol was banned, people related jazz with illegal substances, dark and crowded cabarets because that was where the jazz bands played.
** When swing came to be, it was considered more wholesome because the performers were well-dressed and clean-cut.
· It was still a very popular type of music, especially in Alabama and other parts of the South such as New Orleans in Louisiana, where jazz and swing are said to have originated.
· This is the song “It’s the Talk of the Town”, by Fletcher Henderson, played in 1933. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5e4VOQbfKk
Dance:
· Swing dance sometimes was known as a bad influence for young people because it was associated with dark and smoky cabarets with drugs
· Some of the major swing era dances include the Lindy Hop, Lindy Charleston, Shag, Balboa and Blues.
· There were many dancing competitions, which was part of the fun of social dancing
· Lindy Hop was a popular dance that originated mid-1920’s in New York, together with the Jitterbug[iii].
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5T8XauYhlU In this clip, the band Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, created by a bouncer in the Savoy Ballroom in New York, are part of a popular film called “A Day at the Races”.
· In the 1930’s, college dance bands had an important role in the history of both jazz and swing-dancing in the South.
** The Alabama Cavaliers, the Auburn Knights and the Bama State Collegians.
· The dances included many difficult steps such as very high jumps and fast footwork.
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