The jazz age

Cotton Club Band circa 1920's.

The premiere of The Jazz Singer at the Warners' Theatre, Broadway, New York City. October 6, 1927.

A new exhibition looks at the social changes of the 1920s and how they were reflected in women’s clothes of the time

As a way to look back on the Dirty Thirties and the dark era in history that it was, we’ve put together a list of the best modern TV shows set in the 1930s!

The Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America, but also in London, Berlin and Paris. The phrase was meant to emphasize the period’s socia…

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Reworking his past material as jazz instrumentals, Bryan Ferry's The Jazz Age is a self-consciously 1920s collection, openly meant to evoke Louis Armstrong, early Count Basie, and the initial mass popularization of the form.

The astonishing 12 piece Great Gatsby Orchestra will really get you into the 1920s swing of things. Established back in 1987, they have had residencies at The Ritz, Savoy and Café de Paris.