DC Jazz
The familiar history of jazz music in the United States begins with its birth in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then by rail into New York before exploding across the globe. That telling of history, however, overlooks the pivotal role the nation''s capital has played for jazz for a century. Some of the most important clubs in the jazz world have opened and clos...
The familiar history of jazz music in the United States begins with its birth in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then by rail into New York before exploding across the globe. That telling of history, however, overlooks the pivotal role the nation''s capital has played for jazz for a century. Some of the most important clubs in the jazz world have opened and clos...