Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each member’s heritage into vivid performances that honor the complex, cosmopolitan roots of Black popular music in the early ...

Peter DeVries once wrote that "nostalgia ain't what it used to be," and this is certainly true when it comes to music. The greater the time distance, the harder it is to maintain authenticity. As a ...

China: east is east -- The Opium Wars -- The influence of early twentieth-century technology -- Shanghai in the 1920s-1930s: the joint was jumpin' -- International jazz musicians flock to Shanghai: ...