MUSC 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Roseland Ballroom, Speakeasy, Duke Ellington
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New york had many concert halls, theatres, museums and so on the inspired culture and music. Many europeans migrated in the united states which brought many different kinds of ethnic music with it, many of which were based off of blues. Recording equipment had become far more advanced, and technological marvels like the airplane and cell phone were also invented in the 1920s. New electrical recording equipment had higher ranges and boosted music sales that had been slumping. Radio also became popular in the 1920s as new microphones made broadcasts much clearer. In 1920 prohibition came into effect, banning the production of alcohol. By 1921 the mod owned many speakeasies that had to hire the best musicians or comedians. Henderson came from a middle class family where we was taught classical music by his mother and later graduated with a degree in chemistry.