Music and the Arts

The Jazz Page
Listen to sounds clips from the past and read about the people and the events of the 1920s.

Southern Music in the Twentieth Century: 1920s
As the decade began, the spring-wound talking machine with pre-electrical, no-fidelity sound was already established and probably the most popular of the home entertainment devices; the best selling makes were the Victrola and the Graphanola.

JAZZ: A History of America’s Music
Jazz has been called the purest expression of American democracy; music built on individualism and compromise, independence and cooperation. This site accompanies Ken Burns exploration of what some call America’s greatest cultural achievement.