The spirit of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, from a famous photo taken in Chicago in 1923, lives on in the city's modern clubs, bars, and concert halls. Credit: Illustration by Frank Okay The Roaring ...

The explosion of jazz in the 1920s and 1930s is a reminder that Irish cultural life then was richer and more complex than we ...

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 ...

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; ...

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 ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Max Raabe of the Palast Orchester, which keeps pre-World War II German jazz alive for modern audiences. In the 1920s and 30s, jazz was taking off in the United States and ...

Konami shared a first look at Rhapsody in Scarlet, a game that draws on 1920s Americana, jazz and monster battling for its inspirations. Here’s a little trailer blurb for the setting: New York City in ...

The Green Mill remains a time capsule of live music, speakeasy history, and vintage Art Deco design. Step inside the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge and into another era—one when Chicago was pioneering its ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — About 100 years ago, people flocked to Kansas City to listen to a burgeoning new style of music called jazz. During the 1920s and 1930s, big band music gave way to bebop. The ...

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