Factoids:
- Jazz has an extensive history that is directly tied to culture & its current events
- Lindy Hop - danced based on the popular Charleston dance step. It evolved in Harlem, NYC in the 1920's and 1930's. Lindy is a fusion of many dances from jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston
- When Bebop style music came around in nightclubs in the late 40's and 50's, there were signs that strictly prohibited lindy hop dance
- This made bebop seem very "elitist". Many people hated Bebop because they just simple "didn't get it" since it was a radical change from playing in large swing bands to small combos playing tunes and improvising seemingly at the speed of light
- Listen to the band in the background
- Listen how the soloists use their range when improvising to rise above the chatter of the people
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