The Great Depression and Jazz

New York Daily News, March 20, 1935: "4,000 Riot In Harlem; One Killed" — New York Daily News, March 20, 1935: “4,000 Riot In Harlem; One Killed”

Harlem

- Lack of jobs
- Entertainment vs. Survival
- Riot of 1935
  - end of the Harlem Renaissance

record sales plummet

- 104 million in 1927 vs. 6 million in 1932

introduction of the Jukebox

- great for promoting music
- terrible for gigging musicians

dance halls & clubs close

- disaster for New Orleans musicians
  - Armstrong’s popularity saves him