Author:
Gleason, Ralph J. ed.
Imprint:London : P. Davies, [c1958]
Description253 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.
Note:The blues / Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) - Spirituals, blues, and jazz / Sterling A. Brown. - A New Orleans funeral / Jelly Roll Morton. - A discourse on jazz / Jelly Roll Morton. - Breakfast dance in Harlem / Otis Ferguson. - Chicago / Art Hodes. - Young man with a horn / Otis Ferguson. - Homage to Bunny / George Frazier. - Eddie Condon / George Frazier. - Number One Swing Man / Irving Kolodin. - An American original (Jelly Roll Morton) / Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy. - The Bunk Johnson story: farewell to Bunk / Ralph J. Gleason. - Turk Murphy / Gilbert Millstein. - Fats / W.T. Ed Kirkeby. - Early "Fatha" Hines / Ralph J. Gleason. - The fabulous Gypsy / Gilbert S. McKean. - The Diz and the bebop / Gilbert S. McKean. - Just can't see for lookin' (Nat "King" Cole) / Ralph J. Gleason. - Erroll Garner / Ralph J. Gleason. - What is this thing called jazz? / Henry Pleasants. - The basis of bop / Rossell Hope Robbins. - A portrait of the hipster / Anatole Broyard. - U.S. Conquest: Hot "Yahtz" / Richard Hanser. - Aspects of the jam session / Bruce Lippincott. - To swing is to affirm / G.V. Kennard, S.J. - Jazz perspective / Iola and Dave Brubeck. - The cool coast / Ralph J. Gleason. - You dig it, sir? (Newport jazz festival) / Lillian ross. - Jazz is big business / Ralph J. Gleason. - Rhythm and blues (and rock'n roll) makes the grade / Ralph J. Gleason. - Toward a new form: jazz and poetry / Ralph J. Gleason. - Sparrow's last jump / Elliott Grennard. - Four-bar tag / Baby Dodds.
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 250-253.
