USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who introduced an early form of jazz to American culture in the 1920s?
A
Bessie Smith
B
Duke Ellington
C
Count Basie
D
Louis Armstrong
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Armstrong is considered the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history, who helped develop jazz into a fine art.

Detailed explanation-2: -Usually started by crime organizers like Al Capone, jazz musicians had steady work to build a financial and professional profile. Some of the popular jazz artists during this era were Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Ethel Waters while introducing musical styles like scat singing and playing with an orchestra.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1920s, Armstrong performed with a number of different musical groups, and began to revolutionize the jazz world with his introduction of the extended solo.

Detailed explanation-4: -Armstrong created a loose, free, informal, virile and swinging vocal style that influenced Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and every great jazz and pop singer that came after him. Even Bing Crosby, who was also developing a new vocal style in the late 1920s, found inspiration in Armstrong’s singing.

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