Although jazz began in New Orleans, it soon moved to all the big cities like St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. New forms of jazz developed and styles changed.In the 1920s, America fell in love with dancing and popular jazz music. Big hotels hired dance bands. Dance halls were opened around the country. New dances with strange names like the Charleston were popular. Women cut their hair short and wore short skirts for the first time. These women were called “flappers”. Older American were shocked by jazz music, the new dancers, and the flappers.One of the most famous musicians of this time was Louis Amstrong. He became famous for his trumpet playing and his low rough voice. Musicians like Amstrong brought a new kind of music to America and the world.The 1930s in America was the time of the big bands and a new kind of jazz called swing. This new music had a special rhythm. Harlem, a part of New York, became a center of swing music. Big band leaders like Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller played in Harlem at the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom. People came and danced the foxtrot and the jittebug. Swing music was the popular music of World War Two.
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