Music of the 1920s and 30's

Durring the nine-teen twentys and thirties the music scene was as popular as ever. There was the Jazz Era durring the twenties and the Swing Era durring the thirties. Merging into the early twenties a type of improvised music , called Dixieland Jazz was being recorded. Famous artists includeing Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory were very popular to the people. This music was a hit till nine-teen twenty three. Jazz musi was the popular music durring …

…and the name stuck. In the mid 1930's , a bouncy six beat variant was named the Jitterbug by the band leader Cab Calloway when he introduced a tune in 1934 entitled Jitterbug. With the discoverey of the Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug , the communities began dancing to the contemporary Jazz and Swing music as it was evolving at the time , with Benny Goodman leading the action. Dancers soon incorporated tap and jazz steps into their dancing.