Title: The origin and growth of Jazz music The Jazz music of the twenties, comparable to the rock of the sixties and the disco of the seventies, was the sound of a new revolution. It was something that America had never heard before. The time came to be known the “Jazz Age”. F. Scott Fitzgerald named the era, Louis Armstrong dominated it, and the 1929 crash of the stock market ended it. This new music created …showed first 75 words of 1073 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1073 total…in the music. Chicago Jazz, however, focused more on individual performers. The “Jazz Age” was a time when talented artist such as Louis Armstrong and Biz Beiderbecke could shine. In a retrospective look, there are questions raised about this era, this “Jazz Music”. “What after all is this new thing, that, condemned in certain quarters, enthusiastically welcomed in others…Jazz isn’t music merely, it Is spirit that can express itself in almost anything.”(Hanson 91)