Jazzmen /
Jazz men.
edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr., and Charles Edward Smith.
- New York, NY : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.
- 360 pages, [16 pages of plates] : black and white photographs ; 17 cm.
This text contains 16 pages of plates containing black and white photographs, which depict the jazz musicians profiled in the text. This text includes an index of music, which provides full lyrics of the songs mentioned within the text. Includes an index.
I. New Orleans music / II. White New Orleans / III. King Oliver and his creole jazz band / by William Russell and Stephan W. Smith -- by Charles Edward Smith -- by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. -- New Orleans: "Callin' our chillun home". IV. Blues / V. Louis Armstrong / VI. Bix Beiderbecke / VII. The Austin high school gang / VIII. Boogie woogie / by E. Simms Campbell -- by William Russell -- by Edward J. Nichols -- by Charles Edward Smith -- by William Russell -- Chicago: "Every tub on its own bottom". IX. New York turns on the heat / X. The five pennies / by Wilder Hobson -- by Otis Ferguson -- New York: "I'd rather drink muddy water, lord". XI. Fifty-second street / XII. Return to Chicago / XIII. Land of dreams / XIV. Hot collecting / XV. Consider the critics / by Wilder Hobson -- by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. -- by Charles Edward Smith -- by Stephen W. Smith -- by Roger Pryor Dodge. Hot jazz today: "The world's jazz crazy, lawdy, so am I".
"In preparing Jazzmen we have had a very definite purpose: to relate the story of jazz as it has unfolded about the men who created it, the musicians themselves...While retaining the the contrasting opinions of each contributor, we have at the same time thrown the emphasis of the work upon the jazzmen. For it is the musicians, the creators of jazz, who have actually been most neglected while critical battles have been fought. We feel that their story, heretofore untold, is of major value. This book has attempted to fill the gaps left by critics who, chiefly concerned with their appraisal of the music, have forgotten the musicians. One or another of the authors has interviewed every living jazz musician who could contribute factual material." -- From the introduction. "Required background reading not only for jazz buffs, collectors, reporters, reviewers, and historians, but also for all students of contemporary American culture. Especially noteworthy is Rodger Pryor Dodge's survey of early jazz criticism." -- From the book jacket.
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Jazz--History and criticism. Jazz musicians--United States--Biography. African American musicians--Biography.