Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld Nature_Gift_Guide isn’t playing by the rules

isn’t playing by the rules

and dryly funny

” and the sounds of a saxophone filling a dim lounge in New Jersey

" "The Initiate

hitherto unknown discovery that remained in the Cavafy Archive in Athens for decades—and with an in-depth introduction and a helpful commentary that situates each work in a rich historical

Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld Nature_Gift_Guide isn’t playing by the rulesFrom 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 America's most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century