The history of jazz is filled with as many dead bodies as it is wrong notes, and on this week's episode we go true-crime as we dive into the infamous (and purportedly jazz-loving) axeman's murders that plagued New Orleans in the early 20th century. Along the way we also dissect the actual piece of music that came out of these crimes and marvel at its...surprising jauntiness?

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