Durring the nine-teen twentys and thirties the music scene was .

             There was the Jazz Era durring the twenties and the .

             Swing Era durring the thirties. Merging into the early twenties a type of .

             improvised music , called Dixieland Jazz was being recorded. Famous .

             artists includeing Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory were very popular to .

             the people. This music was a hit till nine-teen twenty three. Jazz musi .

             was the popular music durring this decade. Than durring the nine-teen .

             thirties many types of music was popular. This decade of the thirties .

             was the Swing Era. Swing is a Jazz style music that emerged at this .

             time. This type of music has a fast paced beat and included a band of .

             about ten musicians or more.

             The swing era of the thirties dates back to the early twenties , .

             where the black community , while dancing to contemporary Jazz .

             music , discovered the Charleston and the Lindy Hop. On March 26 , .

             1926 , the Savory Ballroom opened its doors in New York. The .

             Savory was an immediate success with its block-long dance floor and .

             a raised double bandstand. Nightly dancing attracted most of the best .

             dancers in the New York area. Stimulated by the presence of great .

             dancers and the best black bands , music at the Savory was largely .

             Swinging Jazz. One evening in 1926 , following Lindbergh's flight to .

             Paris , a local dance enthusiast named "Shorty George" Snowden was .

             watching some of the dancing couples. A newspaper reporter asked .

             hin what dance they were doing , and it just so happened that there .

             was a newspaper with an article about Lindbergh's flight sitting on the .

             bench next to them. The title of the article read , "Lindy Hops The .

             Atlantic , " and George just sort of read that and said , "Lindy Hop" .

             and the name stuck. In the mid 1930's , a bouncy six beat variant was .

             named the Jitterbug by the band leader Cab Calloway when he .

             introduced a tune in 1934 entitled Jitterbug. With the discoverey of the .

             Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug , the communities began dancing to the .