Art was therefore where they ended up channelling their efforts ... and to me a space that looked like a jazz club,” Yamunsangie says of the exhibition’s genesis. Two figures were particularly ...

Photographers were inspired by the cool sensibilities of jazz musicians as they practiced their craft. Learn more about jazz and the birth of cool in the National Portrait Gallery's online exhibition ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the ... since African American performers are banned from performing at white clubs. In 1917, the U.S. Navy, fearing dissipation ...