How it Affects the Soldiers and People back Home
Many soldiers and Americans were affected by the war and they were feeling depressed. All the people back home and on the war front wanted to feel was happiness with their lives. This is when dancing comes into play, dance was a very important impact on everyone's lives everywhere. "America found itself at war. Jazz went to war, too, and overseas, swing — still America's most popular music — would serve to remind the men and women of the armed forces of home." Jazz was another type of dance not created during this time but still very helpful for everyone back home and fighting in the war. They describe how it served the men and women and remembrance of home so they could be happy. Jazz was brought everywhere because it was always needed for those mourning the loss of family members or just feeling bad about your country being at war.
"Lights, the music and the company let you forget the misery, austerity and danger of the war for a few short hours. You could live your dreams in a make-believe world on a par with a Hollywood film." A person that actually experienced dancing during this time of WW2 and shared that it really helped them through their depression. When they would dance their sadness would be lifted away and bring you into a different world of joy. Dancing during World War II really did impact these people everywhere by bringing them happiness and fun.
"At its height in the years before World War II, Swing jazz was America’s most pervasive and popular musical genre. If Ken Burns’ documentary series Jazz, is correct in its interpretation of the story of Swing as a music that helped America remake the world during and after World War II, then the history of Swing must also be seen as preparing the way for the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s. " Swing Jazz not only helped throughout WW2 but leading out of WW2 it helped African Americans in the civil rights movement to protest and have equality. Jazz was not invented during World War II but it did have its many affects during, before and after it occurred. It helped the African Americans speak and have America listen to them to help gain their rights. Jazz was always a good source of happiness for everyone.
"Lights, the music and the company let you forget the misery, austerity and danger of the war for a few short hours. You could live your dreams in a make-believe world on a par with a Hollywood film." A person that actually experienced dancing during this time of WW2 and shared that it really helped them through their depression. When they would dance their sadness would be lifted away and bring you into a different world of joy. Dancing during World War II really did impact these people everywhere by bringing them happiness and fun.
"At its height in the years before World War II, Swing jazz was America’s most pervasive and popular musical genre. If Ken Burns’ documentary series Jazz, is correct in its interpretation of the story of Swing as a music that helped America remake the world during and after World War II, then the history of Swing must also be seen as preparing the way for the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s. " Swing Jazz not only helped throughout WW2 but leading out of WW2 it helped African Americans in the civil rights movement to protest and have equality. Jazz was not invented during World War II but it did have its many affects during, before and after it occurred. It helped the African Americans speak and have America listen to them to help gain their rights. Jazz was always a good source of happiness for everyone.