J Balvin Ginza

However, most hot jazz artists had to earn their living in mainstream dance groups, which, no doubt, had an impact on their personal style and the sound of large orchestras. The musicians improved their musical literacy and were forced to learn to play professional arrangements, and the orchestras, in turn, managed to find ways to save some of the energy inherent in small groups, and learned to emphasize the talent of their soloists. Both that and another, probably, would happen without the prohibition, but, one way or another, in the 1920s. the sound of big bands began to dominate.