The Press of Atlantic City

Atlantic City's jazz clubs of the 1940s and 1950s were an oasis from racism

Grammy-winning historian and author Jeff Gold noticed something when he received more than 200 exclusive images from a newly discovered photo archive of American jazz clubs from the 1940s and 1950s, ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Rapp on Jazz: From ragtime to bebop

Jazz has always been about movement—musically, culturally, and historically. It began with ragtime in the late 1800s, where ...
insider.si.edu

Big band renaissance [sound recording] : [the evolution of the jazz orchestra : the 1940s and beyond] / [compiled and annotated by Bill Kirchner]

Smithsonian collection of recordings: RD 108 (additional numbers: RJ 0014; S25-17618). Continues the title: Big band jazz. Compact discs. Program notes by Bill Kirchner, with bibliography and index ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Cincinnati Museum Center celebrates 1940s Day

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Cincinnati Museum Center celebrated the 1940s. Sunday was 1940s Day at Union Terminal. People got to check out classic cars, jazz and big band music, and costume contests. Many ...
unr.edu

Tap dance, jazz, Mexican zapateado and Son Jarocho come together to tell the history of the female experience during the 1940’s Zoot Suit Riots

This December, the Performing Arts Series at the University of Nevada, Reno presents a refreshingly unexpected performance from San Francisco-based polyrhythmic dance and music ensemble, La Mezcla. On ...