Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Modernism's center of gravity in the '50s. New York was the world's "shock city," and would remain so for decades to come--not least because it harbored such cultural variety. Another sign of this was the Harlem Renaissance, permeated by America's greatest indigenous American musical forms, jazz and the blues...
...biggest change was the rise of American popular culture: not only jazz and its innumerable variants but also what happened onstage, across the airwaves and on the movie screen. America took the European operetta, fused it with burlesque and jazz and created--through the genius of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and others--a broad, unique musical form. The '20s saw the rise of the Hollywood studio system, which had grown from its humble origins among (mostly immigrant Jewish) nickelodeon proprietors into the most powerful industry for the invention and spread of dreams in human history...
Taking turns vacuuming their cars, the men give directions to the Harriet Tubman House, on Columbus Street, and also recommend a stop at a local watering hole--a jazz bar called Wally's Bar. The firemen apologize for being so boring, and the large door closes, sealing them back inside their noisy station...
...times larger than the actual name of the establishment and gives no hint about the emphasis of the business. A blue poster behind plastic lists the musical line-up for 1995. Like a billboard for defunct business, the curling paper brags about "some of the biggest names in the jazz business," and warns the wary patron "not to be surprised when you see famous people in Wally...
Mike says his cafe is the sole surviving memento of Boston's days as a Jazz center in the 40's and 50's. Billie Holiday and Branford Marseilles have played here, and Wally's is known locally for its diversity and its low-key atmosphere. It's clearly a treasure of this modest intersection...