Jazz age

St. Louis Cotton Club Band by Missouri History Museum via Flickr

As a way to look back on the Dirty Thirties and the dark era in history that it was, we’ve put together a list of the best modern TV shows set in the 1930s!

BBVD horns!! Man can they swing!

1920s party scene painting

"The Harlem Stride piano style of James Price Johnson (1894-1955) transformed Ragtime into Jazz. He laid the cornerstone of jazz piano before 1920, influencing Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Art Tatum and Thelonious Monk. An absolute master of the keyboard with perfect pitch, James P. is recognized as the foremost proponent of Harlem Stride piano. His protege Fats Waller recalled learning more in his first afternoon with Johnson than the previous 10 years"

Flappers who were women in the 1920s that engaged in the city nightlife. They broke all kinds of beauty standards. They showed their ankles and knees. They cut their hair in short man-like bobs and wore makeup. Women like flappers gained a boost of confidence, so they could now enjoy the activities they wanted to participate in. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, french fashion designer, popularized the new look not only in France but America as well.

The new world order that emerged from World War I was a youthful one epitomized by the innovation and energy of America's wildly

During its brief and rocky tenure from 1918 to 1924, pianist Gertrude Harvey Wright was one of four women in Seattle’s first black musicians’ union, the American Federation of Musicians’ Local 458. Wright, Virginia Hughes, a “Mrs. Austin,” and (Edythe) “Turnham,” all worked with their male counterparts at union headquarters and on the bandstand. After the demise of short-lived Local 458, they next joined and helped run Seattle’s follow-up segregated union, Local 493. This institution…

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated during Prohibition. While the club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and Ethel Waters, it generally denied admission to blacks. During its heyday, it served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of Harlem, featuring regular "Celebrity…

Authentic Roaring 20s Jazz Age 1920s piano music that actually plays full-length songs when touch...

Erte's cover for the November 1933 issue of Harper's BAZAAR | The celebration of Harper's Bazaar's 150th anniversary continues with a look at the literary renaissance of the Roaring '20s as it appeared in the magazine's pages.

It will be the 20's again let's bring back jazz attire

1920s poster