A Brief History of American Jazz

Created in the back alleys and turn-of-the-century New Orleans, jazz is now celebrated as a creative and artistic musical force. Radio stations up and down the dial play jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and Louie Armstrong, as well as university trained and Grammy Award winning artists including Herbie Hancock, Joshua Redman, Wayne Shorter, Arturo Sandoval, and many more. Join a jazz enthusiast to watch Miles Davis play his horn, listen to John Coltrane's provocative spiritual compositions, read short write-ups from Jazz Times and Down Beat, and talk about the extraordinary men and women who made jazz great.