Jazz and the New Woman of the 1920s kind of go together. They were in great part about the same things: freedom of expression, discovery and exploration. No surprise that many flappers were also ‘jazz babies’.
During the American Prohibition Era, speakeasies were everywhere and so diverse that attempting a definition is quite challenging.
Music had been recorded since the late 1800s, mostly on cylinders, but in the Twenties the new electronic process first allowed the making of records
Jazz is very difficult to define because it brings together several different elements and styles. 1920s jazz, in particular, was about breaking the rules.
Black-and-tans were speakeasies where jazz was hot and races could mix in a still segregated America. But wher they really the integrated example we think?
THE JAZZ REVOLUTION (Kathy J. Ogren) The history of very early jazz in the U.S., spanning from 1890s to 1920s, What these music meant on a social and artistic level. How it changed people