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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>> Read more

“When you think of Jazz in Baltimore, what tune or performance first comes to mind?” This month, I reached out to a few jazz fans and practitioners in the greater Baltimore region and posed a simple question: When you hear the words “Baltimore Jazz,” what tune and/or performance comes to mind first? | Read more>> Read more