Don’t Bogart That Joint
As Maryland voters have recently legalized recreational marijuana, it seems propitious to take a look back at the historical pot prohibition and its impact on the jazz community. While the smoke-filled rooms of nightclubs in 20th century cities like New Orleans, Chicago and New York shaped the contours of jazz, America’s only indigenous art form, it was the furtive backroom smoke of weed that became a distorting presence. | Read more>>
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