![ALL THAT JAZZ](/images/headline/6985.png) Mid-century paperback artists were in tune with the times. ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_01.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_25.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_14.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_07.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_03.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_26.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_04.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_22.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_05.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_06.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_08.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_09.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_10.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_11.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_21.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_30.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_12.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_13.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_15.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_16.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_28.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_17.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_18.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_19.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_24.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_20.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/all_that_jazz_23.jpg)
There are numerous jazz themed mid-century paperback covers. The jazz milieu—with its smoky clubs, passionate personalities, and idiosyncratic ways—fascinated readers. Above you see a small collection of fronts that visually reference the uniquely American (black American) art of jazz. We've also added a couple of the many torch singer and crooner covers out there that seem jazzy enough to fit. The artists are Barye Phillips, Stanley Zuckerberg, Harry Barton, Mitchell Hooks, Julian Paul, and others. We've previously posted quite a few jazz covers, and we have a few jazz themed books still to read, so in both cases you won't see those pieces here. We don't keyword for jazz, which means a search for those we've already posted would bring up a welter of books, movies, tabloids, and album covers. Therefore, in order to save you the trouble of wading through all that, here are some links. We'll limit ourselves to ten: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
2003—Hope Dies
Film legend Bob Hope dies of pneumonia two months after celebrating his 100th birthday. 1945—Churchill Given the Sack
In spite of admiring Winston Churchill as a great wartime leader, Britons elect
Clement Attlee the nation's new prime minister in a sweeping victory for the Labour Party over the Conservatives. 1952—Evita Peron Dies
Eva Duarte de Peron, aka Evita, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, dies from cancer at age 33. Evita had brought the working classes into a position of political power never witnessed before, but was hated by the nation's powerful military class. She is lain to rest in Milan, Italy in a secret grave under a nun's name, but is eventually returned to Argentina for reburial beside her husband in 1974. 1943—Mussolini Calls It Quits
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini steps down as head of the armed forces and the government. It soon becomes clear that Il Duce did not relinquish power voluntarily, but was forced to resign after former Fascist colleagues turned against him. He is later installed by Germany as leader of the Italian Social Republic in the north of the country, but is killed by partisans in 1945.
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