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At the jazz band ball, sixty years on the jazz scene, Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter

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At the jazz band ball, sixty years on the jazz scene, Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At the jazz band ball

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bibliography

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440282046

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Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter

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sixty years on the jazz scene

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- pt. 1. What am I here for? The rules of my jazz odyssey -- Who owns jazz? -- My debt to Artie Shaw -- The family of jazz -- Beyond the process -- Playing changes on jazz interviews -- pt. 2. In the presence of Ellington -- Inside the Ellington band -- Duke Ellington's posthumous revenge -- Essentially Duke (and Wynton) -- Ellington's band is heavenly in these "live" forties recordings -- pt. 3. Jazz credentials -- Is jazz black music? -- No one else sounded like "Pee Wee" Russell -- Just call him Thelonious -- Remembering Dizzy -- Oscar Peterson: a jazz "behemoth" moves on -- A great night in Providence for jazz and snow -- The perfect jazz club -- Anita O'Day: the life of a music legend -- The music of the 1930s is back in full swing -- The expansive jazz journey of Marian McPartland -- Going inside jazz with Wynton -- pt. 4. The jazz life on and off the road -- Memories are made of this: a conversation with Clark Terry -- Man, I'm so lucky to be a jazz musician: Phil Woods -- Conventional unwisdom about jazz -- pt. 5. Who is a jazz singer? -- Are Krall and Monheit jazz singers? -- Billie Holiday, live: a biography in music -- This daughter of jazz is one cool cat -- The springtime of Frank Sinatra -- Sinatra sings in Vegas, and you are there -- She's on the road to renown -- Bing and guests swing on the air -- pt. 6. The life force of the music -- The joyous power of black gospel music -- The healing power of jazz -- Old country Jewish blues and Ornette Coleman -- The Jewish soul of Willie "The Lion" Smith -- pt. 7. Finding the first amendment groove -- Satchmo's rap sheet -- The constitution of a jazzman -- How jazz helped hasten the civil rights movement -- The congressman from the land of jazz -- Jazz musicians in the public square -- Quincy Jones: past, present and future -- pt. 8. Roots -- King Oliver in the groove(s) -- Giants at play -- Barrelhouse Chuck Goering keeps the blues alive -- Jazz's history is living in Queens ... -- Uncovering jazz trails -- Expanding the map -- pt. 9. The survivors -- The Thoreau of jazz -- A living memory of Dr. Art -- Barren days -- Keeping jazz-and its musicians-alive -- In New Orleans, the saints are marching in again -- The beating heart of jazz -- pt. 10. The regenerators -- Bridging generations -- The rebirth of the hot jazz violin -- The newest jazz generation -- Born in Israel -- Theo Croker arrives -- The ladies who swung the band -- Nineteen-year-old saxophonist verifies future of jazz -- pt. 11. The master teachers -- A complete jazzman -- The lifetime teacher: Jon Faddis -- A house of swing-for all ages -- Inside the jazz experience: Ron Carter -- These little kids think Coltrane is cool -- Epilogue: my life lessons from the jazz "souls on fire."

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