Dangerous Rhythms, page 48
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: English, T. J., 1957- author.
Title: Dangerous rhythms : jazz and the underworld / T. J. English.
Description: First edition. | New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “From 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”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021060831 (print) | LCCN 2021060832 (ebook) | ISBN 9780063031418 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780063031425 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780063031432 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Jazz—Social aspects—United States—History—20th century. | Jazz—History and criticism. | Music and crime. | Organized crime—United States—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC ML3918.J39 E65 2022 (print) | LCC ML3918.J39 (ebook) | DDC 306.4/84250973—dc23/eng/20220315
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* Someday someone will do a study on all the twentieth-century gangsters who were born in Brooklyn and branched out across the United States to lend their particular accent and flavor to the country’s criminal diaspora: Johnny Torrio and Al Capone in Chicago, Mickey Cohen in Los Angeles, Benjamin Siegel in Las Vegas, Lazio in Kansas City, and many other lesser known individuals. Brooklyn, possibly, can lay claim to being the premier spawning ground and/or finishing school for the largest number of American gangsters.
T. J. English, Dangerous Rhythms
