The
Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s, ending with the
Great Depression, in which
jazz music and dance styles became popular, mainly in the
United States, but also in Britain, France and elsewhere. Jazz originated in New Orleans as a fusion of African and European music and played a significant part in wider cultural changes in this period, and its influence on
pop culture continued long afterwards. The Jazz Age is often referred to in conjunction with the
Roaring Twenties.