MUSC 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Lindy Hop

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Swing jazz was different from 1920s jazz because it featured large dance orchestras, but retained the basic elements of jazz. The great depression which started in 1929 was a major factor in the development of swing. Swing music and dancing was a way for people to forget all the troubles of the day. Another major factor was the second world war, because swing acted as a motivator for people working in factories and soldiers fighter abroad. Swing largely started out in african american ballrooms, but many swing musicians became famous among white and blacks alike. The great depression meant a massive decrease in record sales, and many recording companies went bankrupt or greatly scaled back its recordings. Swing was played all over the radio stations and were played in almost every movie. The swing dance style was born out of new york"s savoy ballroom, which opened in 1926 in harlem and covered a whole city block.

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