Jazz Performance of 1920s as a Component of Popular American Music

The purpose of this article is an attempt to consider jazz as a component popular music. devoted the problem comparing concepts music and jazz, in particular performance. methodological basis was hermeneutic-comparative method, which allows studying accordance with intonation-characteristic composition mass music, America 20s, well general scientific methods analytical historical-descriptive content, formed foundations accepted for research field art history cultural studies order learn patterns generalisations according definition popularity relation novelty consists study peculiarities life interpreted way embodying specifics performers’ activity. Conclusions. It determined that performing tradition functioning existed on border whole. binary nature activities musicians partially eliminated by their basic orientation accentuated what utilitarian nature. considered relied quality education acquired through formal informal means. clear there process cultivating traditions performance, involved separation composer-improviser listening audience. In context study, number assumptions are made potentially promising vectors continuing contamination jazz.
 Key words: Jazz, American musical style.