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245 12 a| A life in jazz /c| by Danny Barker ; edited by Alyn Shipton.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 1986.;

300 a| viii, 223 pages, 16 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Discography: pages 200-214.;

500 a| Includes index.;

505 0 a| The French Quarter and my grandparents -- My mother and stepfather -- Animule Hall -- Barbarin house, and my first funeral -- Isidore Barbarin -- Barbarin boys and Walter Blue's death -- The Boozan Kings -- My graduation as a professional -- Jazz funerals and brass bands -- Feudin' and a-fussin' -- The pine-scented sovereign state of Mississippi -- Dixies -- All them women belong to me -- Dan and Lu's marriage -- Jelly Roll Morton in New York -- Louis Armstrong and trumpet rivalry -- New York clubs and the Harlem Renaissance -- Around the New York scene -- The record business -- Cab Calloway's band travels -- Bebop and how I left Calloway's band -- California, New Orleans and the Capitol sides -- New York dixieland revival -- Return to New Orleans and the Jazz Museum -- Chronological discography.;

520 a| Danny Barker (1909-1994) was born when jazz was still in its infancy, and by the time of his death he was known as both a master of the idiom and a guardian of its history. Storyteller, researcher, songwriter, performer, and mentor, Barker was a true griot--an elder statesman of jazz and an international representative of New Orleans and African American culture. In more than 60 years as a working musician, he followed the evolution of jazz from its New Orleans roots to mainstream success during the swing era to canonization as America's first wholly original art form. In his career as a songwriter, which yielded the hit 'Don't You Feel My Leg', Barker combined traditional song forms with sly humor about sex and human nature. More than any other jazz artist, he worked to document the music s history and to tell the stories of its people. This book captures the breadth of Barker's knowledge and the scope of his vision as a storyteller. His carefully crafted set pieces range from hilarious to harrowing, and he shares memories of jazz greats such as Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway, and Dizzy Gillespie. Barker's prose reflects the freedom and creativity of jazz while capturing the many injustices, both casual and grand, of life as a black man in midcentury America.;

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A life in jazz / by Danny Barker ; edited by Alyn Shipton.

Author/creator	Barker, Danny
Other author	Shipton, Alyn.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Description	viii, 223 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Barker, Danny. Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography.

Contents	The French Quarter and my grandparents -- My mother and stepfather -- Animule Hall -- Barbarin house, and my first funeral -- Isidore Barbarin -- Barbarin boys and Walter Blue's death -- The Boozan Kings -- My graduation as a professional -- Jazz funerals and brass bands -- Feudin' and a-fussin' -- The pine-scented sovereign state of Mississippi -- Dixies -- All them women belong to me -- Dan and Lu's marriage -- Jelly Roll Morton in New York -- Louis Armstrong and trumpet rivalry -- New York clubs and the Harlem Renaissance -- Around the New York scene -- The record business -- Cab Calloway's band travels -- Bebop and how I left Calloway's band -- California, New Orleans and the Capitol sides -- New York dixieland revival -- Return to New Orleans and the Jazz Museum -- Chronological discography.
Abstract	Danny Barker (1909-1994) was born when jazz was still in its infancy, and by the time of his death he was known as both a master of the idiom and a guardian of its history. Storyteller, researcher, songwriter, performer, and mentor, Barker was a true griot--an elder statesman of jazz and an international representative of New Orleans and African American culture. In more than 60 years as a working musician, he followed the evolution of jazz from its New Orleans roots to mainstream success during the swing era to canonization as America's first wholly original art form. In his career as a songwriter, which yielded the hit 'Don't You Feel My Leg', Barker combined traditional song forms with sly humor about sex and human nature. More than any other jazz artist, he worked to document the music s history and to tell the stories of its people. This book captures the breadth of Barker's knowledge and the scope of his vision as a storyteller. His carefully crafted set pieces range from hilarious to harrowing, and he shares memories of jazz greats such as Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway, and Dizzy Gillespie. Barker's prose reflects the freedom and creativity of jazz while capturing the many injustices, both casual and grand, of life as a black man in midcentury America.
Local note	Little-255230
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 200-214.
LCCN	86205210
ISBN	0195205111

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