Jazz

The 1920s: Jazz Becomes America's Soundtrack

With the end of both World War I and the deadly flu pandemic that killed untold millions of people, the United States welcomed the new decade with open arms and a sense of optimism. The 1920s were ...
American Songwriter

3 Prohibition Era Jazz Artists to Know

There was a 13-year window in the United States around the turn of the 20th century during which alcohol was made illegal. That time period, known as prohibition, lasted from 1920 to 1933. The era, of ...
Jazz

Jazz Age Films 1920's-Wall-E

Listed below are full-length feature films that meet one or more of these criteria: The story is about jazz or jazz musicians; The film features performances by famous (or fictional) jazz musicians; ...
Chicago Reader

The Austin High Gang helped birth Chicago jazz in the 1920s

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum To Debut "The Jazz Age: American Style In The 1920s"

The first major museum exhibition to focus on American taste in design during the exhilarating years of the 1920s, “The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s” will debut this spring at Cooper Hewitt, ...
PBS

Early Jazz

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass ...

Music on the Square returns with Mal Cooper’s acoustic swing

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Music on the Square is returning to Main Street Jonesborough on Friday with a little taste of ...