bessie smith became famous by singing the blues during the jazz age.
bessie smith became famous by singing the blues during the jazz age.
who became famous by singing the blues during the jazz age?
bessie smith
with women’s suffrage at its peak with the ratification of the united states nineteenth amendment on 18 august 1920 and the development of the liberated flapper persona, women began to make a statement within society. in the "jazz age", women took a greater part in the workforce after the end of the first world war, giving them more independence. there were many more possibilities for women in terms of social life and entertainment. ideas such as equality and freer sexuality began to spread and women took on new roles. the 1920s saw the emergence of many famous women musicians including african-american blues singer bessie smith (1894–1937), who inspired singers from later eras, including billie holiday (1915–1959) and janis joplin (1943–1970). in the time of the 1920s, women singing jazz music was not common but women playing instruments to jazz music was even less common. mary lou williams, known for the talent of playing the piano is deemed as one of the mothers of jazz due to the contributions of the new tones she provided by singing while playing the piano.
women in jazz
the jazz age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the united states. the jazz age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the united states, the birthplace of jazz. originating in new orleans as a fusion of african and european music, jazz played a significant part in wider cultural changes in this period, and its influence on pop culture continued long afterward. the jazz age is often referred to in conjunction with the roaring twenties, and in the united states it overlapped in significant cross-cultural ways with the prohibition era. the movement was largely affected by the introduction of radios nationwide. during this time, the jazz age was intertwined with the developing cultures of young people, women, and african americans. the movement also helped start the beginning of the european jazz movement. american author f. scott fitzgerald is widely credited with coining the term, first using it in his 1922 short story collection titled "tales of the jazz age".
jazz age