Author & Writer of The Book Dangerous Rhythms T.J. English
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Author & Writer of The Book Dangerous Rhythms T.J. English .. His spectacular book tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership. The timeline of story and fact followings a mincing of jazz legends like Louis Armstrong, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Ella Fitzgerald. This is cast against…
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