The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer

Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Prefatory Notes
• Introduction
• Part I. The California Years
• Scene One: On the Road
• Scene Two: Spot
• Behind The Scenes One: The Giaimos
• Scene Three: Eleanor Powell's Shoes
• Behind The Scenes Two: The Tiptons
• Scene Four: The Eight-Day Clock
• Scene Five: Polio
• Scene Six: Jail Bait
• Scene Seven: TD&L
• Scene Eight: Mingus
• Scene Nine: Apple Pie, Apple Pie, Apple Pie
• Scene Ten: A Little Help from My Friends
• Scene Eleven: The Drummer Was Always Late
• Scene Twelve: Monty
• Scene Thirteen: Jerry
• Scene Fourteen: 176 Steps
• Behind The Scenes Three: Eugene's Lessons
• Scene Fifteen: First Time in Vegas
• Scene Sixteen: Followed by Myself in the Moonlight
• Scene Seventeen: The IT Club
• Scene Eighteen: Thunderbird
• Part II. The New York and East Coast Years
• Scene Nineteen: 14 Drummers
• Scene Twenty: Mount Airy Lodge
• Scene Twenty-One: Strollers
• Scene Twenty-Two: The Village Stompers
• Scene Twenty-Three: Eddie Condon's
• Behind The Scenes Four: Pearls to Swine
• Scene Twenty-Four: Park Ridge
• Scene Twenty-Five: Piano Party
• Behind The Scenes Five: Ruby
• Scene Twenty-Six: Suburban Housewife
• Scene Twenty-Seven: In the Middle of the Brook
• Scene Twenty-Eight: Harold's Rogue and Jar
• Scene Twenty-Nine: Melba Liston And Company
• Scene Thirty: Fazee Cakes
• Part III. California Redux
• Scene Thirty-One: The Best Kept Secret in Town
• Scene Thirty-Two: A Leader at Sixty-Five
• Scene Thirty-Three: Pacific Grove
• Scene Thirty-Four: Octogenarian
• Postscript
• Notes
• Discography
• Inde