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Hitler's War on Jazz in France
By: Engrid Whisenant
During WWII, jazz became a fugitive music banned and silenced in the cafes and clubs of war-time Paris by Nazi occupiers who feared its rebellious undertones more...
Jazz, Josephine Baker, and France
By: Engrid Whisenant
Into a France rocked by WWI and the Great Depression, jazz arrived at the perfect moment to revitalize, renew, and fill deep longings for escape into "Otherness more...
