Jazz, Baseball Caps, Art-O-Mat

Studio 360 | Aug 5, 2011

Kurt Andersen looks at the allure of translucence, graphic designer Steven Heller comments on America's signature headgear — the baseball cap, and a Washington, DC supermarket installs a cigarette machine that dispenses, not tobacco, but original art. Kurt and jazz scholar Robert O'Meally delve into how jazz music has influenced American culture, including modern painting, architecture, and cartoons.

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