What is Jazz Age?
The '''Jazz Age''' was a period in the 1920s and 1930s when [[jazz music]] and dance styles became popular. The Jazz Age came first in the [[United States]], where jazz started in New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|last3=|first3=|date=2019|title=Jazz Origins in New Orleans - New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm|access-date=2023-09-02|website=www.nps.gov|language=en}}</ref> It came from the culture of [[African Americans]]. Jazz played a significant part in wider cultural changes in this period, and its influence on [[popular culture]] continued long afterwards. The Jazz Age is often referred to with the [[Roaring Twenties]]. It overlapped in significant cross-cultural ways with the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] Era. It was affected by the introduction of [[Radio|radios]]. During this time, the Jazz Age was intertwined with the developing youth culture. It spread into [[Europe]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Jazz music]] [[Category:1920s in the United States]] {{music-stub}}