By the end of the 1920s, at least 60 communities across the nation enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls. The introduction of Prohibition in 1920 brings jazz into gangster-run ...

In 1939, two consecutive engagements Ellington played were a dance in a tobacco warehouse ... who insist that all real jazz is improvised and that all the solos must be impromptu often claim ...

and as well as spontaneous creation he composed setpiece solos that would dazzle his audiences with virtuosity. His remarkable playing on this chamber jazz record is a perfect example of his ...

The 15 players of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (fifth from left) All images by Mark Allen "Lost in Sight (Post-Pastoral)", begins with desperately-needed introspection, ...