The Roaring Twenties: A Time Of Great Advancement And Excitement

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with the town folk, many would think that the night would be over but it had just begun! The men loosened their shirt collars, and the women took off their hats, it was time to boogie. It was time to swing.
Swing music is a form of jazz, which was first made popular by the first great jazz soloist, the amazing Louis Armstrong. He played vividly dramatic cornet and trumpet solos with his Hot Five and Hot Seven from 1925-1928 and then with a series of big bands. His rhythmic feeling and unique combination of tension and relaxation inspired the word swing. This free, loose feeling of music that swings became the major feature of the swing era, which lasted until 1945. Later on in 1932, Duke Ellington said “It don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that swing).” Louis Armstrong was among the jazz musicians who accompanied Ma Rainey and the rich-voiced Bessie Smith, the classic blues singers of the 1920s. Ella Fitzgerald was the popular favorite among later swing scat vocalists. Billie ...

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