Title: Come In and Hear the Truth
First published: July 1, 2008
Description: Between the mid-1930s and the late '40s the centre of the jazz world was a two-block stretch of 52nd Street in Manhattan. Dozens of crowded basement clubs played host to legends like Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday. These clubs defied the traditional boundaries between art and entertainment, and between the races.
Subjects: History and criticism, Jazz, Music and race, Nightclubs, History, Jazz, history and criticism, New york (state)