Author:
Hershorn, Tad.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Descriptionxii, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.
Note:"All I wanted was my freedom" -- "A marvelous crucible" -- Cole train -- "The opener" -- Let freedom swing -- Norman Granz versus -- Mambo jambo -- Enter Ella and Oscar -- The continental -- "I feel most at home in the studio" -- Starry nights -- "That tall old man standing next to Ella Fitzgerald" -- The jazz hurricane -- "The lost generation" -- Duke, Prez, and Billie -- Joie de Verve -- Across the sea -- "Musicians don't want to jam" -- Picasso on the beach -- "One more once" -- Takin' it on out, for good -- "Somewhere there's music."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-448) and index.
