Circus musicians were sharing African American music with people across the country decades before the Jazz Age. Learn more about the icons of the era, like P. G. Lowery in THE CIRCUS, now streaming online and on the PBS app → pbs.org/circus | American Experience | PBS

“The emotional physics of the world did not apply under the big top.” Mark your calendars. THE CIRCUS premieres on PBS October 8 & 9. | American Experience | PBS