How Taxes And Moving Changed The Sound Of Jazz

As NPR's employees file their federal returns and take up shop in a new building, we look back at an interesting historical moment in the 1940s. A cabaret tax led to more jazz being performed in smaller venues that couldn't accommodate dancing. Of course, that's not the only reason why bebop sounds the way it does.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2013/04/16/177486309/how-taxes-and-moving-changed-the-sound-of-jazz?ft=1&f=1039

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