Jazz Project

(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
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Abstract / Summary: This series of interviews with musicians focuses on social conditions of Chicago's South Side in the 1920s and 1930s and their effects on the development of jazz. Specific topics include relations between black and white musicians and their respective union locals, social status of the jazz musician, Prohibition, organized crime, and the Depression. Participants discuss their individual careers and compare the New York and Chicago jazz scenes.
Field of Interest: Letters and Diaries
Content Type: Oral history
Format: Related Web resources
URL: https://oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu/document.php?id=ldpd_4077011
Publisher: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Place Published / Released: New York
Subject: Letters and Diaries, History, Economics, Labor force, Music, Great Depression, 1929-1941, South Side, Chicago, New York Upstate, New York City, NYC, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL - South Side, Illinois, New York, New York, NY, North America, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: South Side, Chicago, New York Upstate, New York City, NYC, City of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos