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The Music
The 1920's were part of the "Jazz Age" but singing the Blues was also present. The big music "hubs" were Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City.

Performers like the following helped to define this part of the "Jazz Age":

•	Josephine Baker
•	Bessie Smith
•	Al Jolsen

•	Eubie Blake
•	Duke Ellington
•	Cab Calloway
•	Ethel Waters

Duke Ellington, one of the great Jazz band leaders.

Click a button below to hear a music clip from the era. Click the button again to stop it.

"Swanee", performed by Al Jolsen, written by George Gershwin (.mp3)

"Bye Bye Blackbird", Josephine Baker (.mp3)