Existing comment:
Jazz originated in the African American community during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Traveling musicians spread jazz from Southern cities such as New Orleans throughout the US. In New York City, jazz found a home in the clubs and speakeasies of the Prohibition period.
JAZZ Celebrate the Century: 1920s
MEDIUM Paper, gouache, graphite
ILLUSTRATOR Meltzer Davis (b. 1930)
ART DIRECTOR Carl Herrman
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE May 28, 1998 |