Jazz can be uplifting, stimulating, sensual, and spiritual. Yet when writers turn to this form of music, they almost always imagine it in terms of loneliness. I

This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoken wor

What sounds throughout these stories is the universal voice of humanity that is the essence of the music.

Produced by the Smithsonian, this spectacular compilation is the first to look at both art and literature inspired by jazz. SEEING JAZZ showcases the music's ri