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100 1 a| Hopkins, Claude.=| ^A292397;

245 10 a| Crazy fingers :b| Claude Hopkins' life in jazz /c| Warren W. Vaché, Sr.;

300 a| x, 134 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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500 a| Based on a journal written by Claude Hopkins, augmented by Warren W. Vaché, Sr.;

500 a| Discography: pages 115-128.;

500 a| Includes index.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- A basic schooling in jazz -- The Smile Awhile Cafe -- Paris -- Berlin -- International flavor -- The ginger snaps of 1928 -- Dancing schools and the Savoy ballroom -- Roseland -- Records and road tours -- North and south -- The Cotton Club -- The beginning of the end -- On the road again -- The war at home -- The Club Zanzibar and the USO tours -- Chorus girls -- Mahogany Hall and the Nevele -- The jazz giants and solo performances -- Master of jazz -- Claude Hopkins remembered -- Appendix A. Chronology of Claude Hopkins's career ; Appendix B. Comments, criticisms, and corrections ; Appendix C. Filmography ; Appendix D. Discography.;

520 a| This book chronicles the career of one of the most successful bandleaders of the 1920s and early 1930s. Music director for Josephine Baker's first European tour and commander of house bands at New York's famous Savoy and Roseland ballrooms, jazz pianist Claude Hopkins defined a moment in American music with his melodious arrangements and soft swing beat. Drawing on Hopkins' own journal and on interviews with musicians who knew him, Warren W. Vaché, Sr. opens a window onto the world of jazz from the 1920s, when Hopkins enjoyed his first successes, to the 1970s, when the solo piano album Crazy Fingers reestablished him as a fine keyboard talent. Along the way, Hopkins struggled to keep bands together and find work. In New York City during Prohibition, he took jobs at rough underworld clubs often raided by the police, worked excruciatingly long hours at dime-a-dance "dancing schools" (also run by the mob), and for a while found financial security and popular acclaim playing society parties. Finally established at the Roseland Ballroom, with nationwide radio hookups almost nightly, the Claude Hopkins Orchestra became one of the most successful black bands in the nation.;

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Crazy fingers : Claude Hopkins' life in jazz / Warren W. Vaché, Sr.

Author/creator	Hopkins, Claude
Other author	Vaché, Warren W., 1914-2005.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1992.
Description	x, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Hopkins, Claude. Jazz musicians--Biography.

Contents	Introduction -- A basic schooling in jazz -- The Smile Awhile Cafe -- Paris -- Berlin -- International flavor -- The ginger snaps of 1928 -- Dancing schools and the Savoy ballroom -- Roseland -- Records and road tours -- North and south -- The Cotton Club -- The beginning of the end -- On the road again -- The war at home -- The Club Zanzibar and the USO tours -- Chorus girls -- Mahogany Hall and the Nevele -- The jazz giants and solo performances -- Master of jazz -- Claude Hopkins remembered -- Appendix A. Chronology of Claude Hopkins's career ; Appendix B. Comments, criticisms, and corrections ; Appendix C. Filmography ; Appendix D. Discography.
Abstract	This book chronicles the career of one of the most successful bandleaders of the 1920s and early 1930s. Music director for Josephine Baker's first European tour and commander of house bands at New York's famous Savoy and Roseland ballrooms, jazz pianist Claude Hopkins defined a moment in American music with his melodious arrangements and soft swing beat. Drawing on Hopkins' own journal and on interviews with musicians who knew him, Warren W. Vaché, Sr. opens a window onto the world of jazz from the 1920s, when Hopkins enjoyed his first successes, to the 1970s, when the solo piano album Crazy Fingers reestablished him as a fine keyboard talent. Along the way, Hopkins struggled to keep bands together and find work. In New York City during Prohibition, he took jobs at rough underworld clubs often raided by the police, worked excruciatingly long hours at dime-a-dance "dancing schools" (also run by the mob), and for a while found financial security and popular acclaim playing society parties. Finally established at the Roseland Ballroom, with nationwide radio hookups almost nightly, the Claude Hopkins Orchestra became one of the most successful black bands in the nation.
General note	Based on a journal written by Claude Hopkins, augmented by Warren W. Vaché, Sr.
General note	Discography: pages 115-128.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	91038047
ISBN	156098144X (pbk.)

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