Better Days Will Come Again

Arthur Briggs''s life was Homeric in scope. Born on the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of World War I, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs''s trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation go...