Jazz

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> An Interview With the King of Swing</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">An Inquiry Into the Origins of Jazz</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">75 years ago this month, a not-especially-good band cut a record that transformed our culture.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">In a sordid new biography, the great blues singer’s life has eclipsed her art.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">American jazz musicians once enjoyed a freedom and respect in France’s capital that they could never win at home. Landmarks of that era still abound.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Geoffrey C. Ward, writer of a major new book and 19-hour documentary on the subject, discusses the joys and wonders of our native art form</span></p>

<p>During the World War I, American jazz bands played at hospitals, rest camps, and other venues, delighting doughboys and Europeans alike.</p>

<p>What African Americans could not achieve in the courtroom they did in the dance hall, with the invention of a rebellious, and wholly American, new musical artform. </p>