California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West

Contents

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Jacqueline Cogdell Dje!Jje and Eddie S. Meadows
• I MUSIC IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
• 1. Way out West on Central: Jazz in the African-American Community of Los Angeles before 1930
• Michael B. Bakan
• 2. "Pitchin' up a Boogie": African-American Musicians, Nightlife, and Music Venues in Los Angeles, 1930-1945
• Ralph Eastman
• 3* Oakland Blues
• Part 1. Essay
• Lee Hildebrand
• Part 2. A Conversation with Bob Geddins
• James C. Moore Sr.
• 4* The California Black Gospel Music Tradition:
• A Confluence of Musical Styles and Cultures
• Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
• II MUSIC AND THE MEDIA
• 5* Insider Perspectives on the American Afrikan Popular Music Industry and Black Radio
• Kwaku Person-Lynn
• Part 1: The Popular Music Industry: An Interview withAl Bell
• Part 2: Black Radio in Los Angeles, 1980-1987:An Interview with Pam Robinson
• 6. California Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1942-1972: A Diversity of Styles
• Willie R. Collins
• 7* Mrican Americans and "Lites Out Jazz" in San Diego:Marketing, Impact, and Criticism
• Eddie S. Meadows
• III THE MUSICIAN AS INNOVATOR
• 8. Clara Bryant: Gender Issues in the Career of a West Coast Jazz Musician
• Danica L. Stein
• 9. The Gospel of Andrae Crouch: A Black Angeleno
• Jean Kzdula
• 10. Brenda Holloway: Los Angeles's Contribution to Motown
• Kimasi L. Browne
• APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIALS AND GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC,MUSICIANS, AND CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA
• David Martinelli
• PART 1. SOURCE MATERIALS
• PART 2. GUIDE TO SOURCE MATERIALS
• CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX