Show Notes
JAZZ & LA Los Angeles has over a century of Black music history that most people don't know about. Jazz arrived in Los Angeles on the Union Pacific rail line, straight from New Orleans into Watts, as Creole musicians came to Los Angeles in the early 1900s seeking to escape Jim Crow, drawn west by the booming entertainment industry, vaudeville touring circuits, and the promise of a more racially tolerant society. Jazz filled the supper clubs of Central Avenue, scored Hollywood fil...
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