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By Maurice Jackson (Editor), Blair A. Ruble (Editor), Jason Moran (Foreword by), E. Ethelbert Miller (Contribution by), Maurice Jackson (Contribution by), Blair A. Ruble (Contribution by), John Edward Hasse (Contribution by), Willard Jenkins (Contribution by), Rusty Hassan (Contribution by), Anna Harwell Celenza (Contribution by), Bridget Arnwine (Contribution by), Lauren Sinclair (Contribution by), Judith Korey (Contribution by), Michael Fitzgerald (Contribution by)

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Original and fascinating stories about the DC jazz scene throughout its history—now in paperback, with a new preface

The familiar history of jazz music in the United States begins with its birth in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then goes by rail to New York, before exploding around the globe. This telling of jazz's history, however, overlooks the pivotal role the nation's capital has played in jazz for a century.

DC Jazz tells the story of some of the cit...