How Did Jazz Impact Society

Back in the 1900’s, there was a lot of racial tension and stress from the first world war. Being an afro-american musician during these times were extremely difficult, and because of this it forged jazz into what it is today. Born in the city of New Orleans, Jazz helped bring people together regardless of what skin color you were or what ethnicity background you came from. Jazz was always prescribed to the people of our nation as medicine as people might say, post-war relief. Between the time after the first world war and before the stock market crash of 1929, they considered this time to be the era were jazz started to take structure in American. As time went on, Jazz began to influence the nation in such a way to the point where changing

Throughout these times, people were extremely divided with ultimately only two sides. On the one side, were a set of beliefs that were essentially liberal and practice of the African National Congress at the time. There were two primary social benefits for black people from jazz’s role within society. The first benefit was that music performed by blacks could prove to whites the competence of black people which would improve their social standing in society. On the other side, more radical views and practices existed, on the basis of which music might lend assistance to efforts for more fundamental social change. Regardless at the end of the day, both benefits throughout this era of music helped our nation “gel” together the best way it possibly could. Jazz was always commonly known to provide people with a sense of relief or better yet an escape for all the distractions going on outside in the

It was only in front of a white audience that demonstrated their worthiness as performers.The development of jazz was influenced by many things, one in particular was show business. Black jazz thrived in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s but completely fell off after the stock market crash of 1929, which indefinitely led to the great depression. Once the depression hit black jazz, it was no longer a focus and was lost in history itself. “Only a tiny minority of jazz pioneers would have thought of their jazz in the manner in which it is perceived”(Kenney 233). It took time for jazz to gain back its recognition after the stock market crash. While afro-american musicians were making and performing music to support themselves and their families they had no idea the influence they were having on music. Not only did jazz have a heavy influence on the culture during the 1920’s but also had an enormous impact in the fashion industry. “The flapper fashions ostensibly illustrate the importance of jazz to the consumer market of the Jazz Age. Because of the post-war economic boom, the consumer market was enormous, and the fashion industry followed the demands of the new and rising American youth culture.”( ) Jazz music was becoming the face of this rising culture in the United States, and within this culture came a new era of fashion. It has been said that as you walked around the streets of any