The jazzmen : how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America /
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Author / Creator: | Tye, Larry, author. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York : Mariner Books, [2024] ©2024 |
Description: | xviii, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13483060 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: A Road Map
- Jazzmen Chronology
- Author's Note
- Part I. Setting The Stage
- 1. Satchmo's Battlefield
- 2. The Count's Shrouded Roots in Red Bank
- 3. Duke's Capital Experience
- Part II. Musical Lives
- 4. Nightspots
- 5. Life on the Rocky Road
- 6. Getting There
- 7. Setting the Themes
- 8. The Language of Jazz
- 9. On Center Stage
- Part III. It's An Ensemble
- 10. The Sidemen
- 11. Side Women
- 12. Managers and Mobsters
- 13. Critical Audiences and Professional Critics
- Part IV. Offstage
- 14. Family Unfriendly
- 15. Mistresses and Misogyny
- 16. Keeping the Faith
- 17. Cravings and Dependencies
- 18. Toilet Truths, Food Fetishes, and Other Medical Matters
- 19. Follow the Money
- Part V. Race Matters
- 20. Artists and Entertainers
- 21. Resetting the Themes
- 22. Breakthrough Battles
- 23. Overseas Ambassadors
- Part VI. Last Acts
- 24. Long-Lived
- 25. Last Days and Lasting Memories
- Epilogue: Legacies
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index