Chinatown Treasures: Jazz in the 1950's
Credit Noe Tanigawa Put yourself there: Chinatown, Honolulu during and after WWII. Drummer Harold Chang, now 92, remembers jazz clubs all through the neighborhood. Chang says fine musicians cycled through Hawaii in the military. And the robust entertainment scene, centered in Chinatown, attracted high quality players to the islands. "Good musicians were coming in and going out. In the service, at night theyd go to Hotel Street. And jam, you know?" You can still find ...
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