During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble.

Currents of change in American now impact Jazz.

The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before.

When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal.

A new sound emerges- pulsing, stomping, suffused with the blues.

As the Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as ever to being America's music

Jazz is called upon to lift the spirits of a frightened country.

As the stock market continues to soar, jazz is everywhere in America

Louis Armstrong shows the whole world how to swing.

JAZZ begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city.