It's easy to romanticize or oversimplify the relationship between jazz and Prohibition, but the banning of alcohol and the subsequent rise of speakeasies clearly played a role in the music's evolution during its early days.--from NPRRead the article and listen to tunes by Bix Beiderbecke, Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong,and Bessie Smith
LISTEN: Five Jazz Sides for the Age of Prohibition
