Write a brief essay on the Chicago jazz scene of the 1920s.

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            Two jazz styles: white and black            musicians: most from New Orleans                        white:                              Original Dixieland Jazz Band                                    began recording in Chicago, 1917                              New Orleans Rhythm Kings                              Bix Beiderbecke (1903-31)listened to both black and white musicianscornet playerformed the Wolverines in 1923one of the greatest white jazz musicians of his time                        black:playing on Chicago’s South SideKing Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band       with Louis Armstrongfluid, relaxed stylenightclub scene; after hoursDuring Prohibition many clubs were run by the “mob.” 

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