Music

__**Music During The 1920's**__

Jazz was also played in bars or clubs called "Speak-Easy" In the 20's musicians were force to travel up the mississippi to find work.

The two greatest music player in the 1920's were Louis Armstrong known as the "King of Jazz" & Bessie Smith, known as the "Empress Of The Blue" There Was Also George Gershwin, a famous composer.

__**Louis Armstrong**__
 * Famous Jazz Musician, He Played the cornet at the corner to help his family earn money
 * In 1992 he joined a band names "The Joe's"
 * He also asked to join another band called "The Fietcher Henderson Band", But he refused/
 * By 1925 & 1927, he soon had his own band called "The Hot Five"
 * He stopped playing the cornet, and began playing the trumpet.
 * He was also called the "Father" Of Jazz.

__**Bessie Smith**__
 * One of the most succesful female singers,during the 1920's
 * 1923;Smith went to New York for her first recording ans was soon the first african american highest paid in the entertainment industry.
 * Her songs were mostly based on the lives of african americans living in America.
 * She changed from blues singer to a jazz singer, but her popularity remained the same.

__**George Gershwin**__
 * He was famous for being a composer.
 * From 1920's through 1925, Gershwin wrote the music for George White Scandals, which was an opera.
 * George wrote many succesful music duting the 1920's

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