<P> Chicago in 1922 in particular was attracting bands such as Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band at the Lincoln Gardens, joined by Louis Armstrong on 8 August 1922 and the Austin High Gang featuring Frank Teschemacher (clarinet), Jimmy McPartland (cornet), Richard McPartland (guitar and banjo) and Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (sax) who began playing at the Friar's Inn in Chicago . Meanwhile, on the New York scene, Duke Ellington arrived in New York City with Sonny Greer and banjo player Elmer Snowden and met his idol James P. Johnson, Fats Waller who had begun to make a name for himself with his piano rolls and Willie "The Lion" Smith. Coleman Hawkins, already well noted for his high level of profiency joined Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds and were later hired in New York by Fletcher Henderson . </P> <P> Jazz began to emerge in the Soviet Union with the "First Eccentric Orchestra of the Russian Federated Socialist Republic--Valentin Parnakh's Jazz Band ". </P> <Ul> <Li> 1923--"Charleston" is a jazz orchestration for the Charleston dance, composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by Cecil Mack . Introduced by Elisabeth Welch in the 1923 Broadway musical Runnin' Wild, its success brought the Charleston dance to international popularity . Johnson's original rhythmic accompaniment inspired several later songs, many of which used the word "Charleston" in the title . The song was played in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, with James Stewart and Donna Reed, at a dance scene . It was also a featured production number in the 1950 film Tea for Two . </Li> <Li> 1923--"Tin Roof Blues" is a jazz composition by George Brunies, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Leon Roppolo and Mel Stitzel of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings . The band first recorded the tune in 1923, and it became a major influence for later white jazz groups . It is one of the early New Orleans jazz pieces most often played . Credited to Rhythm Kings band members on the original record, the tune may have been based on Joe "King" Oliver's rendition of "Jazzin' Babies Blues" by New Orleans pianist Richard M. Jones . Jo Stafford's 1953 hit "Make Love to Me" used the tune's music with ad </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1923--"Charleston" is a jazz orchestration for the Charleston dance, composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by Cecil Mack . Introduced by Elisabeth Welch in the 1923 Broadway musical Runnin' Wild, its success brought the Charleston dance to international popularity . Johnson's original rhythmic accompaniment inspired several later songs, many of which used the word "Charleston" in the title . The song was played in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, with James Stewart and Donna Reed, at a dance scene . It was also a featured production number in the 1950 film Tea for Two . </Li>

Who led the most successful dance band of the 1920’s