"[A] brilliant and courageous book..."
—Dr. Cornel West
From T.J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story jazz and the underworld: a relationship forged in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts, where the mobster-owned clubs determined who played and who got paid.
The boxing promoter and widow of legendary pugilist Johnny Tapia defends his legacy and continues to thrive.
Check out T.J. English’s articles that have appeared in Jazz Times, widely recognized as one of the premier jazz magazines in the U.S.
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After T.J. English published Havana Nocturne in 2008, the question the author often heard from readers was, ‘So what happened next? What happened after U.S. and Cuban mobsters were chased out of Cuba by Fidel Castro’s revolution?’ The answer, in part, is to be found in T.J. English’s book, The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld.
In researching and writing Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld, the author plumbed the depths of jazz history, from Satchmo to Coltrane and much in between.
Here is T.J. English’s hand-picked Playlist of tunes that capture the spirit of this symbiotic relationship. The Playlist can be accessed and listened to in all its glory at the Spotify link below or click here for iTunes
With Where the Bodies Were Buried, New York Times best-selling author T.J. English completes his unprecedented non-fiction trilogy of books that cover – collectively — the full sweep of the Irish Mob in America.
Referred to as “our premier chronicler” of the underworld and a “seductive storyteller” by novelist Richard Price, and “one of the great reporters of our time” by historian and author Luc Sante, he’s been at it for more than three decades, a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning journalist, a tour guide through the dark recesses of the known world, both historical and contemporary.
