Dangerous rhythms jazz and the underworld

Title Dangerous rhythms jazz and the underworld
Names English, T. J.
Book Number DB109819
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Books
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Annotation "|Dangerous Rhythms| tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America's most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership. By offering artists like Louis Armstrong, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Ella Fitzgerald a stage, the mob, including major players Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, and Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, provided opportunities that would not otherwise have existed. Even so, at the heart of this relationship was a festering racial inequity. The musicians were mostly African American, and the clubs and means of production were owned by white men. It was a glorified plantation system that, over time, would find itself out of tune with an emerging Civil Rights movement. Some artists, including Louis Armstrong, believed they were safer and more likely to be paid fairly if they worked in "protected" joints. Others believed that playing in venues outside mob rule would make it easier to have control over their careers." -- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Narrator Jackson, JD.
Local Subject Culture & institutions - 306
Music & Dance - MAD
Music and Dance--Jazz - MAJ
Crime & True Detective - CRI
Exclusion - Male Narrator - MN
History - United States - HUS
History, U.S. - 20th Century - HUT
Exclusion - Long Book - LO
Current Talking Book Topics - TBT
LC Subject Jazz - History and criticism
Jazz - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century
Music and crime
Organized crime - United States - History - 20th century
Nonfiction
Talking books
True crime stories
Call Number 306.484250973 ANF
Language English
Original Publication Reissue of: 2022 2022 9780063031449
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