Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians

Contents

• FOREWORD BY BENNY CARTER
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 KID ORY AND THE REVIVAL ERA
• Kid Ory
• Kid Ory's Legendary
• Nordskog/Sunshine Recordings
• Papa Mutt Carey
• Buster Wilson
• Andrew Blakeney
• Ram Hall
• Dink Johnson
• Bud Scott
• Joe Darensbourg
• Ed "Montudie" Garland
• Teddy Buckner
• 2 A PERSONAL VIEW OF THE MUSIC
• Lieutenant Jim Europe's Hellfighters-The 369th Infantry Jazz Band
• "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate"
• The First Recorded Hit of the Jazz Age
• The World Premiere of "Rhapsody in Blue"
• "Relaxin' at the Touro"-Memories of Muggsy Spanier
• Spud Murphy
• A Memorable Jack Teagarden Record Date
• The Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert-New Orleans, 1970
• Dick Hyman's Historic Direct-to-CD Recording Session
• 3 A PERSONAL VIEW OF THE MUSICIANS
• Benny Carter
• James P. Johnson
• Brun Campbell and Scott Joplin
• Rex Stewart's Memories of Jelly Roll Morton
• Anita Gonzales and the Untold Story of Jelly Roll Morton's Last Years
• Johnny Guarnieri
• I'm Just Wild about Eubie-Memories of Eubie Blake
• Jess Stacy
• Milt Hinton
• Spiegle Willcox
• Eddie Miller
• Morty Corb
• Barney Bigard
• Wild Bill Davison
• Rosy McHargue
• Artie Shaw
• Andy Razaf
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• Coot Grant and Sox Wilson
• The World's Greatest Jazz Band
• 4 THE INFLUENCE OF NEW ORLEANS
• MUSICIANS ON CLASSIC JAZZ
• The Jazz Journey-From Lulu White's Mahogany Hall to Carnegie Hall
• Papa Celestin and the Voodoo Queen
• Danny Barker-The Jazz Troubadour
• Lorenzo Tio, Jr., and the Clarinetists of the Crescent City
• Willie James Humphrey, Jr.
• George Lewis
• Alton Purnell
• Bill Russell
• 5 THE GREAT LOUIS ARMSTRONG
• Louis Armstrong's Underrated Recordings during the Big-Band Era
• "Ambassador Satch" on the World Stage
• A Sentimental Journey-Louis' Funeral
• 6 JAZZ ON THE WEST COAST
• Los Angeles in the Swing Era
• The Palomar Ballroom Fire
• The Firehouse Five and the Good Time Jazz Record Company
• The Yerba Buena Jazz Band and the Jazz Man Label
• Benny Strickler
• Turk Murphy's Final Triumph
• I Remember Bob Scobey
• Dave Dexter, Jr.
• The Poor Angel Hot Jazz Society
• Dick Cary's Tuesday Night Band
• 7 UNSUNG HEROES
• Pete Daily
• Stew Pletcher
• Sammy Lee
• Pud Brown
• Bob McCracken
• Pat Gogerty
• Rick Fay
• 8 THE SEVEN-YEAR CHALLENGE TO COMPLETE THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG STATUE
• A Fund Is Created in Old New Orleans
• "For the Love of Louis," by Ned Brundage
• Bing Crosby to the Rescue
• July 4, 1976
• EPILOGUE
• INDEX