Much of the best punk exists beyond the common narrative. The same holds true for jazz.

Emerging at the dawn of twentieth century, no one knows exactly who started jazz or precisely when it started. But all paths lead to African-Americans, specifically black Creoles, living in Jim Crow New Orleans. Using rhythms and melodies from Africa and the Caribbean, they drew on ragtime, blues, marches, work songs, spirituals, and waltzes. As with any great leap forward, particularly one emanating within an oppressed and ostracized community, jazz met with resistance from the outset.

Author: Mike Faloon
Publisher: Razorcake Press
Page Count: 24pp
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Notes: saddle-stitched, b/w
Date of Publication: 2019