My capstone project is about the impact of swing dance and jazz music on America and their effects on the segregation line at the time of the Great Depression. For many years, the time and era of swing and jazz always amused me. Even though these were difficult times and people had virtually nothing to live for, the fact that music, swing and jazz in particular, brought them to life was a beautiful concept. Music and dancing are two things that I think give people a reason to tolerate. the harmful effects of the world. They help people recognize the world for the beauty that it is and that it hides deep within itself, you just have to look for it. These are the people who escape the goat, and this is what many call their center. It's a reason to get up in the morning.OriginsJazzTracing the origins of jazz to its formative years was difficult to find. Jazz dates back to the time of our ancestors and their ancestors before them. From the slow beats of the drums to the playing of the saxophone and many other instruments, jazz presents itself as a diverse form of music. Its genre is so broad that recordings of jazz did not begin until 1917. The place of origin of jazz and the people involved in it remain a mystery to many and the subject of much controversy. We know that jazz was born in the United States from non-jazz elements: the blues, the music of ragtime groups, hymns and spirituals, etc. So why has New Orleans been named the sole birthplace of jazz? Writers and historians quickly realized that there was an element that other places needed in New Orleans, which gave rise to the Jazz Age, which was the black Creole subculture. Jazz's earliest influences came from the post-Civil War and emancipation era, a time when...... middle of paper......come hear us. He said, "You know, Jer, they save their money for the weekend so they can buy... beer and go out and pay whatever it costs to go dancing with their wives or their girlfriends, if have fun, forget about their troubles and then... once it's all over, start over and get that money back.Works Citedhttp://daffy.uah.edu/lindy/origins.html http://www.pbs.org/. jazz/time/time_depression.htm http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effect_did_jazz_have_on_the_Great_Depression#slide1 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/jazz.htm http://www.redhotjazz.com /bigbandessay.html http://atj.8k.com/atjh1.html http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/swing.htm