James Reese Europe was a jazz bandleader, lieutenant, and Harlem Hellfighter who served in The First World War. This episode of Showman's Land charts his involvement in the War as both a soldier and a bandleader for the U.S. war effort. While fighting abroad, he tailored his jazz music to comment on the soldier experience and the War.

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