Gigs: Jazz and the Cabaret Laws in New York City

Contents

• Preface Hamish Birchall Series Editors Introduction
• 1. Prelude
• 2. The Musicians Union
• 3. The Music in the Clubs
• 4. Regulation as Denigration
• 5. The Campaign to Change the Law: Lost in the Labyrinth
• 6. The Campaign to Change the Law: Free Expression
• 7. The Process of Change
• 8. The Lives of Musicians
• 9. Conclusion: Politics, Law and Music Afterword