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  2. 1920s in jazz - Wikipedia

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    In 1920, the jazz age was underway and was indirectly fueled by prohibition of alcohol. [5] In Chicago, the jazz scene was developing rapidly, aided by the immigration of over 40 prominent New Orleans jazzmen to the city, continuous throughout much of the 1920s, including The New Orleans Rhythm Kings who began playing at Friar's Inn. [5]

  3. List of jazz musicians - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. ... (born 1950) Tommy Gumina (1931 ...

  4. Jazz Age - Wikipedia

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    The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz.

  5. 1920 in jazz - Wikipedia

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    The birth of a more urban and industrialized America was in part marked by the new style of music: jazz (Drowne 3). Leading up to 1920, America was becoming much more industrialized which led to the decade starting off with many strikes across different fields. However, as the decade progressed, the number of those in labor unions steadily ...

  6. 1950s in jazz - Wikipedia

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    It emerged in New York City, as a result of the mixture of the styles of predominantly white swing jazz musicians and predominantly black bebop musicians, and it dominated jazz in the first half of the 1950s. The starting point were a series of singles on Capitol Records in 1949 and 1950 of a nonet led by trumpeter Miles Davis, collected and ...

  7. West Coast jazz - Wikipedia

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    The situation was a contributing factor toward the integration of the Los Angeles chapters of the American Federation of Musicians during the early 1950s. [9] [10] Pianist Marl Young recalled that in 1950, as far as I knew, there were no blacks working regularly in the industry, especially on the networks – ABC, CBS and NBC.

  8. Kansas City jazz - Wikipedia

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    The first band from Kansas City to acquire a national reputation was the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra, a white group which broadcast nationally in the 1920s. However, the Kansas City jazz school is identified with the black bands of the 1920s and 1930s, including those led by Bennie Moten, Andy Kirk, Harlan Leonard, George E. Lee ...

  9. 1922 in jazz - Wikipedia

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    Chicago and New York City were becoming the most important centres for jazz, and jazz was becoming very profitable for jazz managers such as Paul Whiteman. Whiteman by 1922 managed some 28 different jazz ensembles on the East Coast of the United States , earning over a $1,000,000 in 1922.