Journalist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author TJ English chats with Trey Elling about DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: JAZZ AND THE UNDERWORLD. In the first of a two-part conversation with TJ, topics include:
- Why the birth of jazz was about more than merely creating a new sort of language (3:10)
- How lynchings helped form a bond Sicilian club owners and black jazz musicians in early-1900s New Orleans (6:29)
- The origins of the term ‘jazz’ (10:22)
- “Jellyroll” Morton (14:06)
- The influence of the “Sicilian Black Hand” (16:56)
- The scene surrounding the earliest Kansas City jazz clubs (20:02)
- Not shying away from the ugliness that surrounded jazz in its early days (25:19)
- Louis Armstrong’s move from New Orleans to Chicago in 1922 (32:16)
- Al Capone hearts Fats Waller (40:50)
- The birth of the hipster (44:20)