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The Day the Music Stopped

99% Invisible

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Swing Music - The New Way to Make Money

In the early 40s, jazz musicians were developing a new style of music that no one had put on record. Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clark and Charlie Parker helped create this sound. But as great as swing was, it could be stifling for individual musicians who weren't hired to express themselves. Musicians would come together in after-hours clubs where they'd jam all night long.

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