How jazz has positively influenced societyI. IntroductionWhat impact did jazz have on the 1920s? Accommodated by interracialism, illegal drug use, and many tributes to rebellious women, it nevertheless gave people peace of mind and hope after World War I and the Great Depression. Slowly abolishing racism, jazz brought together many people of different races for the same purpose. Even though jazz had been associated with interracial sex and illegal drugs, jazz had a great influence on society because it was the prayer and answer to the urban poor. areas and jazz helped bring audiences together as a union and not groups of different races.II. Jazz was originally innocent gospel music, until it became associated with sex and drugs.A. Jazz and drugs are often a destructive mix as many musicians were associated with drugs such as heroin, alcohol and marijuana. (Jazz Culture, Pg,78) Drugs have killed many musicians at an early age. Paul Chambers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, transformed the bass from triads to playing intricate melodies. According to Frater, Jamie (July 8, 2009) suffered from alcoholism, heroin addiction and tuberculosis. (The 10 best jazz artists who died young, Lis)B. Another example that shows that jazz has been associated with interracial sex and illegal drugs would be flappers. The word "flappers" was a word used to describe a rebellious woman who enjoyed casual sex, drinking and smoking while wearing clothes that showed a little more than they should. (Flappers and The Roarin 20's, 2011)III. Even though jazz was associated with interracial sex and illegal drugs, jazz had a great influence on society, because it was the prayer and response to difficult times... middle of paper... of different races that jazz lowered segregation enough to allow blacks and whites to associate with each other without discrimination. When the Alcohol Prohibition Act went into effect, African Americans and whites were able to frequent the same nightclubs and talk socially. Some were attracted by the music and evocative jazz dances that brought together black, white and Hispanic audiences.V. So you can see that although jazz had been associated with interracial sex and illegal drugs, jazz had a major influence on society for two main reasons. First, jazz was a prayer and response to the poor in the urban area, but more importantly, jazz helped bring audiences together as a union instead of groups of different races. What if jazz was associated with sex and drugs? he still answered people's prayers and brought some races together in a pacifist way.