A new movie theater-themed jazz bar and speakeasy has opened in New London. The Marquee on State Street is designed to feel ...

Listed below are full-length feature films that meet one or more of these criteria: The story is about jazz or jazz musicians; The film features performances by famous (or fictional) jazz musicians; ...

The Roaring Twenties wasn’t just about flappers and speakeasies—it was a cultural and consumer revolution. Jazz spread from New Orleans and Harlem into homes through radios, while mass production, ...

With the end of both World War I and the deadly flu pandemic that killed untold millions of people, the United States welcomed the new decade with open arms and a sense of optimism. The 1920s were ...

It has been called New Orleans jazz, Dixieland (a term that most of the musicians playing it despise), and most recently, “trad” (short for “traditional”) jazz. Ever since Benny Goodman exploded onto ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Think of Jazz Age fashion, and fringed flapper dresses and elaborate eveningwear will be among the first things to spring to mind. A new exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London will ...

Book accompanied the exhibition held at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, 23 September -- 15 January 2017. "Jazz Age Fashion focuses on women's clothing of the period, although not exclusively, ...

Asked what women wore during the 1920s, most people would picture the same thing: a drop-waisted dress, low-heeled Mary Jane shoes, a long string of pearls and a headband decorated with a diadem and a ...