The jazz age

The Jazz Age and the Modernism Time

  • Georgia O'Keeffe

    Georgia O'Keeffe
    Georgia O'Keeffe was a painter that painted things through her eyes. She stuck to her own taste and her own liking of visions, which were different from everyone elses mind. Georgia O'Keeffe reshaped the way of art work. Her first gallory was shown sometime in 1916.
  • The "New Women"

    The "New Women"
    During this time the women started to be a little more loss, or fun. They reflect moderism by they were starting to wear knee length skirts, cutting their hair short, and drinkning in public.
  • Cigarettes

    Cigarettes
    Everyone, essesally woman, started to smoke making it seem like that was the "rule" where they lived.
  • Mamie Smith

    Mamie Smith
    She was one of the people that help brought Jazz and Blues to life.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaz4Ziw_CfQ
  • Speakeasy

    Speakeasy
    These were secert bars that was hidden from the police because of the prohibition of alcohl. Speakeasy was a place that all rules got left at the door as soon as you came in and they also helped created jazz music.
    http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.com/2010/06/prohibition-and-speakeasies.html
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    The Roaring Twenties

    This was a time where everything seemed to change! Woman dressing different because that was the new style, drinking out in public, and men being more free willing. It was when the rules changed wherever you were at the time and what you were doing at the time.
  • James P. Johnson

    James P. Johnson
    He was a major part in the transition of the jazz age with his very well talent playing the piano. James became known as Stride. He changed how the piano sound could be played kind of thinking outside of the box, bending the rules like a moderist would do.
    http://www.redhotjazz.com/jpjohnson.html
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSFGyipsNsg
  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
    One of his songs
    He was a famouse black jazz signer and helped start up the jass music. Louis is best known for his trumpet playing, his warm raspy voice brought joy and delight to the audiences.
  • Tales of the Jazz Age: 11 Classic Short Stories

    Tales of the Jazz Age: 11 Classic Short Stories
    F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this book that had short stories on the jazz age and the roaring twenties. He captures what it is all about and it shows morderism in the book.
  • R.J. Hohimer

    R.J. Hohimer
    He made his painting full of color and life, making it look like the music is actually in the painting.
  • The Great Gastby

    The Great Gastby
    The is one of the best books that descirbed the jazz age. It focused on how wealth was one of the things that drove people to what they were going to do, jsut like how the morderism is like.
  • Fats Waller

    Fats Waller
    He helped write and creat jazz music for others.
    http://www.redhotjazz.com/fats.html
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNPpssruFY
  • The Big Band Swing

    The Big Band Swing
    This was one of the most popular bands in the 1930's they made jazz seem so upbeat and just have a fun time to dance to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGq-eCoPSwA
  • Billie Holiday

    Billie Holiday
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJuFxl0bxY
    She was considered to be one of the famouse jazz singers. Even with her voice limites and her not that great of looks she still singed the feelings she had on segregation.
  • Frank Sinatra

    Frank Sinatra
    Frank is a good example of moderism because he always looked on the bright side of things and still went against the so called "rules" that they had.