Jazz begins in New Orleans, 19th century America's most cosmopolitan city, wh...
Jazz
Season 1 Episode 10: A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present
During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble. Though Louis Armstrong briefly outsells the Beatles with "Hello Dolly," most jazz musicians are desperate for work and many head for Europe. In the 1970s, jazz loses the exuberant genius of Louis...