In the 1920s and 30s, jazz was taking off in the United States and much of Europe, including Germany. Classical composers even began to meld jazz styles into their music. (SOUNDBITE OF WOLFGANG ...
Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each member’s heritage into vivid performances that honor the complex, cosmopolitan roots of Black popular music in the early ...
China: east is east -- The Opium Wars -- The influence of early twentieth-century technology -- Shanghai in the 1920s-1930s: the joint was jumpin' -- International jazz musicians flock to Shanghai: ...