Jazz Music in the 1920s

Jazz music is known today as one of the most sophisticated forms of music that dates back to times of the prohibition. In the 1920s, it was predominantly becoming the way for African Americans to express themselves while being accepted into the society at the time. Jazz music became the platform of rythmic music but also had an impact on classical music. Great jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goon erred from this time period. However, it was not looked at with such optimism as people had hoped.
Many people of the time viewed jazz music as a terrible noise that was ruining the values that the older generations had set up for the people. People said that it was so annoying that it bothered their nerves. Some even claimed it had the power to scare the bears away! Despite these claims, people still listened to it willingly. Jazz music in the 1920s had an influence on Big-band style swing jazz.