Re: Recording Technology and Concert Tango

[Elayne Hency <Swinglayne @AOL.COM>]

In a message dated 2/26/01 3:19:03 PM Central Standard Time,
Stephen.P.Brown @DAL.FRB.ORG writes:

<< An interesting phenomenon occurred in jazz recordings in the United States
 when the fidelity of recordings improved dramatically in the early to mid
 1950s.  Recordings that jazz bands seemed to make a transition from playing
 more rhythmic dance music to playing concert music at exactly the same
 time.  Some jazz historians have attributed the transition to the recording
 technology itself.   >>

Or it could be that the government started taxing venues who had dancing?

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