“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.” This quote by Benny Green says that jazz is a unique style of music and that was innovative in the 1920s. It also says that jazz is able to wipe away the routine and the rigid structure of everyday society. Jazz affected American culture...
Jazz critic and record producer John Hammond heard the broadcasts and promptly launched the band on its career. Though rooted in the riff style of the 1930s swing-era big bands, the Basie orchestra played with the forceful drive and carefree swing of a small combo. They were considered a ...
ocean liners opened up a new wave of international exchange. These exchanges allowed for cultural clashes, inevitably causing the Japanese to fall in love with jazz. Japanese jazz was an epitome of the growing influence of American culture at the time. America had The Roaring Twenties and Japan...