Exhibition catalog published on the occassion of the exhibition, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, April 7 to August 20, 2017, and The Cleveland ...

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 ...

Musical conductor Thomas Wilson describes the music of the Prohibition era as the “sound of resistance.” The 1920s speakeasy movement brought about the birth of jazz, Wilson said, creating the ...

There’s some historically important and fabulous jazz available again this month on vinyl and CD, and it might be a surprise ...

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Jazz spilled from smoky clubs, streets buzzed with new machines, and women and men pushed boundaries like never before. The 1920s were a decade of rebellion, excitement, and bold creativity; an era ...

Chuck Stewart (American, 1927-2017) Eric Dolphy, 1964, Gelatin silver print, 17/100 Bank of America Collection © Chuck Stewart Photography LLC/Fireball Entertainment ...