Contains entries that provide information about significant ideas, trends, institutions, and people of the Jazz Age, from the end of World War I to the Great De

An award-winning historian surveys the astonishing cast of characters who helped turn Manhattan into the world capital of commerce, communication and entertainm

nation." --Book Jacket.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on significant events in the history of jazz, jazz artists and bands, and styles.

Although he was the first African American fighter pilot, Eugene J. Bullard is still a relative stranger in his homeland. An accomplished professional boxer, mu