Created in New Orleans and played around the world, the music we call jazz is filled with genius, legend, and tragedy.
Jazz Age NY
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The Mr. Memory of Jazz
Jazz radio host Phil Schaap uses his deep knowledge of mid-century jazz to keep the music alive.
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The First Five Chapters of ‘Saint Mazie’ by Jami Attenberg
UK website The Pool has an excerpt of Saint Mazie, the much-lauded new novel by Jami Attenberg, author of the New York Times Bestselling The Middlesteins. They’ve got not just one chapter, but the first five from this book of historical fiction about legendary “Queen of the Bowery” Mazie Phillips—an irreverent but kind figure known for handing […]