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By 1931 Jazz was one of the most successful types of popular music. How do you account for its appeal?
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By 1931 Jazz was one of the most successful types of popular music. How do you account for its appeal? Caroline Bruce Jazz first came about in the late 1890s in North America. Derived from the music of the swing era, it was catchy, with a strong beat and rhythm. Early jazz (New Orleans jazz) used more improvisation than modern jazz, and often had several musicians taking turns to improvise over a given chord sequence. When first created, jazz was not very popular, but the emergence of traditional jazz in the 1930s brought about new techniques and new followers. In the 1940s there was a major revival of New Orleans jazz, and the music of Joe "King" Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton, as well as surviving pioneers such as Bunk Johnson was recorded and celebrated by many, including contemporary artists such as Lu Watters. Today, the term 'Traditional jazz' is also used...
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