Jazz's backseat

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[...] developed, underground clubs that allowed whites to dance and drink. They also gave more opportunity for black musicians to work and play their music. Jazz became the only form music and entertainment for the public. During this time the economic boom occurred, allowing people to go out more and go to the speakeasies. In return, Jazz musicians had a larger audience. Jazz became very popular because so much of the population was rebelling against society. The best way to do that was by going to speakeasies and listening to the fun, danceable music. [...]

[...] DeVeaux wrote, real nature of jazz history is organic. It is a living cultural form that constantly extends, reaffirms, and replenishes itself” (16). Although jazz was always developing, it was no longer had a consistent audience to support it. Miles Davis released an album, “Kind of that has been the best selling record since its release nearly fifty years ago. No jazz album has come close to that record. Jazz no longer catches people's attention enough to sell a lot of copies. [...]

[...] (16-17) However, the development, and “straight seemed to cease after the 1960s. DeVeaux also wrote, “From the origins of jazz to bebop there is a straight line; but after bebop, the evolutionary lineage begins to dissolve into the inconclusive coexistence of many different [ . ] styles” The argument has been made that jazz has continued to prosper. However, jazz is prospering in the form of other genres, such as Rock n' Roll and Hip-hop. It is no longer jazz that is the popular art music that people surround themselves with. [...]

[...] He wrote, far as harmony is concerned, jazz is traveling the same path as classical music toward the stone wall of atonality but there is still a long way to (Stearns 326). The music was meant to be smooth, clear, and an art form. The other direction musicians wanted to take jazz was more commercialized. The idea was to make the public more aware and around the music. Jazz had music videos that were broadcasted and enjoyed by the public. [...]

[...] Jazz did not fully fall under this category. As other genres of music began to develop from jazz, such as rock n' roll, they filled the space for commercialized music and remained in the pop culture spotlight. Since they were in the music spotlight, they overshadowed the jazz world. By the 1960's music's popularity was directly related to whether it was commercialized. If the music was not put out there and placed into people's homes, then the public did not listen to it or surround themselves with it. [...]