Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld Black & African American Literature and as her reputation grows

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Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld Black & African American Literature and as her reputation growsFrom T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. "[A] brilliant and courageous book." Dr. Cornel West Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century Americas most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters