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This type of microphone is symbolic and was used in many clubs back then. When I think of 20's music club performances, I think of these microphones.

While I love the jazz from the bop to the post-bop era, and the great saxophonists of that time from Charlie Parker to John Coltrane, my very favorite players came out of the swing era. Of course, many of the players that would later be the foundation of bebop and beyond got their start with many swing era bands and they would eventually take jazz to newer places while the greats of the swing era became the elder statesmen for future generations. Swing music was the jazz music of its day…

I admire the photography of Robert Doisneau and I’ve been wanting to do a post on his photographic art for ages. He is one of France’s favourite photographers, best known for his street photography and his many insightful and playful images on everyday French life. As one of the first pioneers of outdoor photojournalism, his prolific output covered ironic images of amusing juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets and cafes. Roberts deep…

St. Louis Cotton Club Band. Photograph by Block Brothers Studio, ca. 1925. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Block Brothers Studio Collection. N27534.

We see a band with some well-known instruments like drums and trombone. They make music that is called Jazz. It became very popular around the 1920s. The men wear neat suits. In the 1920s there were a lot of clubs, lounges and theaters in Chicago which played Jazz music, it was the new trend. It is believed that Jazz made its way through Chicago from New Orleans in 1915. Jazz is a mix of African and European musical traditions that started in the United States by african migrants form the…

This is a playlist of popular 1920s songs. Many of these songs/ artists are still known today.

The Golden Twenties in Berlin was a vibrant period in the history of Berlin, Germany, Europe and the history of the world in general. After ...