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J is for Jazz: The Axeman of New Orleans & Django Reinhardt


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In this episode Casey and Karen, again, take the topic in widely different directions. Casey tells us about The Axe Man of New Orleans and his mysterious connection to Jazz. Karen tells us about Django Reinhardt, the first lead guitarist ever and the man who provided the soundtrack for the Anti-Nazi movement in Paris.

Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo:  nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

Karen's Sources:
https://daily.jstor.org/when-jazz-was-a-public-health-crisis/
https://www.openculture.com/2019/10/martin-luther-king-jr-explains-the-power-of-jazz.html
https://nypost.com/2017/03/02/how-a-1930s-jazz-guitarist-inspired-heavy-metal/https://www.francemusique.fr/en/10-little-things-you-might-not-know-about-django-reinhardt-15623
https://syncopatedtimes.com/profiles-in-jazz-django-reinhardt/
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90257965https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122865782
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122865782
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazou
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/django-jazz-and-nazis-paris
https://musicaldictionary.com/what-is-jazz/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_jazz
https://www.kuvo.org/nuages-stories-of-standards/

Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axeman_of_New_Orleans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrMGIqecu0Y
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/axeman-new-orleans-preyed-italian-immigrants-180968037/
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_f29b77e9-1a4b-561c-b922-606aa7a0f8e2.html

Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

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