Jazz Culture Flashcards
What are the main nicknames for the 1920s?
The Roaring Twenties, and The Jazz Age.
Where was the term Jazz coined?
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Beautiful and the Damned.
Where did jazz originate?
On slave plantations.
What were the original terms for jazz?
“Blues,” “Rag,” and “Boogy.”
Which group was jazz predominantly popular with, besides black people.
Young, middle-class, whites, particularly flappers.
What was jazz condemned as?
A decline in moral standards.
What was the reaction of New York and Cleveland to the jazz age?
They prohibited the public performance of jazz in dance halls.
What was the practical effect of banning jazz in New York and Cleveland?
To make it seem even more daring for younger generations.
What was the impact of the radio on the spread of jazz?
It hastened its spread.
What was perhaps the most famous jazz venue?
The Cotton Club in Harlem, New York.
Why was Harlem a hub for jazz?
Because this was the ultimate location arrival for swathes of the black population, moving North in the Great Migration.
Who was Duke Ellington?
A jazz composer and pianist who moved to New York in the 1920s, where he assembled a 10 piece band.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
Becoming a trumpeter in his home city of New Orleans Armstrong migrated to Chicago in 1922.
What was Chicago known as?
The jazz capital of the USA.
