Charlie Parker playing live.

Louis Metcalfe's International Band

Uptown and downtown nightclubs in the city became legendary starting in the 1920s and 30s, creating atmospheres with their featured big band music and small jazz combos that drew tourists and locals to club-hop, dance or just look on. Historians Recount introduces listeners to the first in a series of unforgettable stories about when the good times rolled in Montreal as jazz music played and the fun went on into the wee hours of the morning.