DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: Jazz and the Underworld
Tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th-century America's most notorious vice districts, where the mobster-owned clubs determined who played and who got paid. For the first half of the century, mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership, offering artists a prominent stage. 32 pages of photos.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 437
Publisher: Morrow
ISBN: 9780063031418
Item #: 7971524