Explanation+of+the+Music+discipline+of+the+1930's

During these tough years, people did not have money to spend on record albums and dance clubs. Radio continued to be the center of entertainment in America. A new style of jazz, "big band swing," emerged. People loved to dance to swing and it became the most popular music of the 1930's and 1940's. Jazz was played on the airwaves night after night. For listeners, this exciting music made the Great Depression more bearable. It reminded them of what America could be. Music gave americans the chance to forget about reality and just dance the worries away. It made the hard times a lot easier to cope with. A looser, more spontaneous, infectious brand of swing was played in nightclubs across the city. Unemployed jazz artists fled to Kansas to find jobs. Soon Kansas City's jazz scene grew as exciting as New York's or Chicago's. (Matthew)

Swing Dancing at its Finest