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The Jazz Palace is a saloon opened by the jewish Chimbrova family in Chicago in the 20's and is run by 4 siblings. This is the place where white man gather to drink and to listen to music. And this is the place, where Napoleon, a black jazz musician comes to play every monday against all rules. He also brings with himself Benny Lehrmann, son of a jewish business owner, who has no interest in taking over from his dad and spends most of his time wandering the south side of the city, where black people live and entertain everyone who comes over. Benny has a good ear for music and picks up jazz pretty quickly and starts jamming. Together with Napoleon they mesmerize the audience. Benny enjoys life as a famous musician and charms the Chimbrova girls. But life is not all about rainbows and unicorns so Benny and the others faces tragedies, death, poverty, the rise of the gangsters and learn the hard way how unfair the world can be.

Morris' writing is OK, nothing exceptional, but not so bad either, and she had some nice lines I highlighted (look at the line above for example). She was able to give it back the atmosphere of the pretty wide period of time this story is set in: the end of WWI, the ban of alcohol, the rise of the gangsters (Al Capone above all), the beginning of the Great Depression. The story focuses on the lifes of the main characters and actual historical events are only mentioned marginally. Al Capone himself appears twice, but his appearance doesn't add anything to the story. Sure, he has a great influence on one of the characters, but that's all. What this book missing is some depth, I wanted to read more about the era, to better understand the characters, what drove them, how it really affected their life. Instead we get a lot of brooding, and miserabe characters with whom the reader couldn't really connect. Sure, their pain and suffering and all that are understandable, they all led a hard life. But it's hard to really feel sorry for them.

And then there were passages totally irrelevant to the story. Felt like they were just thrown in without any purpose so the pages would be filled. They didn't really add to the atmosphere either. If she really wanted to create a rich, vivid, full of life kind of book, she should have written more about the gangsters, how the saloons and clubs really worked, what they had to do to stay alive. Some more added general history would have made The Jazz Palace a much more interesting book. I have to hand it to Morris though that she gives a good description of how life were for black people at the time and what it meant for white and black people to make friendships or any kind of relationship really. Benny and Napoleon set a new standard and showed to Chicago what they can accomplish on their own and together, stereotypes be damned.

This book is recommended for those who'd like to get a glimpse into the history of Chicago, into the birth of jazz and what effect it has on a handful of lives and don't mind getting thrown off balance with the sudden change of POV or timeline ocassionally. The Jazz Palace while an easy read in terms of style and writing, it is full of tragedy with some light moments here and there. Overall, if not an exactly enjoyable read, but one which will make you wonder about life and music and the choices we make in our lifes. And in the end, that can count as an accomplishment in itself.


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The Jazz Palace A Novel Mary Morris Books Reviews

The Jazz Palace" is a wonder...I just finished it, weeping tears of joy for Pearl and Benny--their courage and talent. Morris celebrates those two possibilities for the human spirit beautifully and brings history in as proof. Her prose is a jazz palace; its music reaches into places of the heart and the imagination. I was mesmerized and in love with the book, and now am hoping that I will see it on Nefflix or in a theater on the big screen.
Good, not great, book
Nice history feel.... too much jazz details for me.
Great writing. Very evocative of the times. The best was the description of the music itself and why and how the creative process worked in creating and playing jazz.
The Jazz Palace was a treat on so many different levels. The historic content was an enjoyable revelation and the story was the kind of story you just want to go on forever. I've written a few books myself, but the style I just enjoyed in The Jazz palace showed me how great it is to see another author's form of expression. Mary Morris can express herself with the best of them. The book was a wonderful read and painted a picture of an era that belongs in a very fine antique frame.
If you like jazz and if you like reading about Chicago in the roaring 20s with all the jazz clubs on the south side, you'll like this book. Starts out with the capsizing of the USS Eastland in the Chicago River and moves on from there. I really enjoyed the book. Maybe not the greatest writing but very well researched about Chicago which I loved.
The blurb promised that I would have a deep understanding of jazz history and it might even have used words like “burned into your soul”. That’s quite a bit of undeserved hyperbole.
I found the historical aspects of the novel not very deep, the writing a weird stream-of-consciousness or dreamy style that I didn’t get used to, and the arc of the story a bit flat, with many unresolved details.
The Jazz Palace is a saloon opened by the jewish Chimbrova family in Chicago in the 20's and is run by 4 siblings. This is the place where white man gather to drink and to listen to music. And this is the place, where Napoleon, a black jazz musician comes to play every monday against all rules. He also brings with himself Benny Lehrmann, son of a jewish business owner, who has no interest in taking over from his dad and spends most of his time wandering the south side of the city, where black people live and entertain everyone who comes over. Benny has a good ear for music and picks up jazz pretty quickly and starts jamming. Together with Napoleon they mesmerize the audience. Benny enjoys life as a famous musician and charms the Chimbrova girls. But life is not all about rainbows and unicorns so Benny and the others faces tragedies, death, poverty, the rise of the gangsters and learn the hard way how unfair the world can be.

Morris' writing is OK, nothing exceptional, but not so bad either, and she had some nice lines I highlighted (look at the line above for example). She was able to give it back the atmosphere of the pretty wide period of time this story is set in the end of WWI, the ban of alcohol, the rise of the gangsters (Al Capone above all), the beginning of the Great Depression. The story focuses on the lifes of the main characters and actual historical events are only mentioned marginally. Al Capone himself appears twice, but his appearance doesn't add anything to the story. Sure, he has a great influence on one of the characters, but that's all. What this book missing is some depth, I wanted to read more about the era, to better understand the characters, what drove them, how it really affected their life. Instead we get a lot of brooding, and miserabe characters with whom the reader couldn't really connect. Sure, their pain and suffering and all that are understandable, they all led a hard life. But it's hard to really feel sorry for them.

And then there were passages totally irrelevant to the story. Felt like they were just thrown in without any purpose so the pages would be filled. They didn't really add to the atmosphere either. If she really wanted to create a rich, vivid, full of life kind of book, she should have written more about the gangsters, how the saloons and clubs really worked, what they had to do to stay alive. Some more added general history would have made The Jazz Palace a much more interesting book. I have to hand it to Morris though that she gives a good description of how life were for black people at the time and what it meant for white and black people to make friendships or any kind of relationship really. Benny and Napoleon set a new standard and showed to Chicago what they can accomplish on their own and together, stereotypes be damned.

This book is recommended for those who'd like to get a glimpse into the history of Chicago, into the birth of jazz and what effect it has on a handful of lives and don't mind getting thrown off balance with the sudden change of POV or timeline ocassionally. The Jazz Palace while an easy read in terms of style and writing, it is full of tragedy with some light moments here and there. Overall, if not an exactly enjoyable read, but one which will make you wonder about life and music and the choices we make in our lifes. And in the end, that can count as an accomplishment in itself.