Jazz: From the Congo to the Metropolitan

Jazz: From the Congo to the Metropolitan

Translated byWalter Schaap, Leonard G. Feather
Introduction byArnold Gingrich
PublisherDoubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
Printed byThe Country Life Press
About/SubjectJazz
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
Copyright1943
Copyright1944
First Printing1944
This Edition Published1944
This Impression1944
Pages / Font254 pages
Edition No.1
Impression/Printing No.1
ChaptersIntroduction, IX I. Tom-tom in New Orleans, 1 II. Between Tom-tom and Ragtime, 22 III. Birth of Jazz, 43 IV. The Pioneers of Jazz, 55 V. Jazz in Europe, 68 VI. Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 84 VII. The Forgotten White Bands, 99 New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Cotton Pickers, California Ramblers VIII. Louis Armstrong, 114 IX. Small White Bands of the Twenties, 129 Pennies and Molers, Bix and Chicagoans X. The Big White Bands, 144 XI. Benny Goodman, 158 XII. Satchmo and the Duke, 167 XIII. The Negro Bands of Yesterday, 179 XIV. The Small Negro Bands, 183 XV. Big Colored Orchestras, 190 XVI. From Spirituals to Boogie-Woogie, 210 XVII. Best Musicians and Records, 221 XVIII. The Future of Jazz, 239 Bibliography, 249
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