The Windy City became a focal point for musicians, and many jazz legends made names for themselves here, including Jelly Roll Morton, Joe Oliver and Louis Armstrong. As jazz grew in popularity, Chicago became a hub of musical genius. Jimmy McPartland, Muggsy Spanier and Benny Goodman were just a few of the artists who benefited from the influx of talent into their hometown. From these early days, jazz has spread to influence musical styles worldwide.

Destination Chicago Jazz is a virtual tour of the city's most influential jazz havens, telling the story of the amazing musicians and the unparalleled musical phenomenon they created. Readers will find images of the many world-famous theatres that lined State Street, the hot jazz clubs that made the city's South Side a musical Mecca, and the celebrated players that made it all possible. Destination Chicago Jazz provides a captivating history of the beginnings of jazz on the South Side, downtown's golden age, and the quick and far-reaching effect the music had on the city's North and West Sides.

Sandor Demlinger and John Steiner recount the legacy of Chicago jazz and jazz legends through this collection of nearly 300 images. For more than fifty years, the pair collaborated to produce a compelling and comprehensive look at one of the richest chapters in the history of Chicago music. They walked the city's streets photographing and chronicling the musicians, clubs and world of jazz music: Destination Chicago Jazz is the result of their life's work.

CONTENTS: Chicago Jazz; South State Street 1910-1930s; South Side 1900-1965; Downtown 1920s-1960s' Near North Side 1920s-1960s; North Side 1920s-1960s; West Side 1920s-1969.

SANDOR DEMLINGER, a native of Chicago, is a prolific photographer who has been taking photographs around the world for the past sixty years. Mr Demlinger's ability to capture his familiarity and knowledge of subject through documentary photography provides an insider's view of the jazz community.

JOHN STEINER (1908-2000), a founder of the Jazz Institure of Chicago, was a jazz scholar, historian, colector and owner of Paramount Records. He had an intimate knowledge of the Chicago jazz scene and was close friends with many who helped to shape it.

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