#276 - TJ English on DANGEROUS RHYTHMS (part 1)

Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

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Journalist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author TJ English chats with Trey Elling about DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: JAZZ AND THE UNDERWORLD. In the first of a two-part conversation with TJ, topics include:

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  • Why the birth of jazz was about more than merely creating a new sort of language (3:10)
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  • How lynchings helped form a bond Sicilian club owners and black jazz musicians in early-1900s New Orleans (6:29)
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  • The origins of the term \'jazz\' (10:22)
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  • "Jellyroll" Morton (14:06)
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  • The influence of the "Sicilian Black Hand" (16:56)
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  • The scene surrounding the earliest Kansas City jazz clubs (20:02)
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  • Not shying away from the ugliness that surrounded jazz in its early days (25:19)
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  • Louis Armstrong\'s move from New Orleans to Chicago in 1922 (32:16)
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  • Al Capone hearts Fats Waller (40:50)
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  • The birth of the hipster (44:20)
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