USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as
A
Zora Neale Hurston
B
Louis Armstrong
C
Paul Robenson
D
Langston Hughes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Armstrong, perhaps more than any other musician, codified the rhythmic technique of swing in jazz and broadened the jazz solo vocabulary. The Original Dixieland Jass Band made the music’s first recordings early in 1917, and their “Livery Stable Blues” became the earliest released jazz record.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Orleans jazz began to spread to other cities as the city’s musicians joined riverboat bands and vaudeville, minstrel, and other show tours. Jelly Roll Morton, an innovative piano stylist and composer, began his odyssey outside of New Orleans as early as 1907.

Detailed explanation-3: -Birthplace of Jazz | New Orleans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Jazz spread from its roots in the 1920s due to the Great Migration. The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans from the American South to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West.

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