Jazz gentry : aristocrats of the music world / Warren W. Vaché.

Author/creator Vaché, Warren W.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Descriptionxviii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jazz musicians--Biography.
Jazz--History and criticism.

SeriesStudies in jazz ; no. 33
Studies in jazz ; no. 33. ^A141750
Contents A letter from Danny Alvin -- Jimmy Andrews -- Best on the bandstand [John Best] -- A little levity from Lou [Carter] -- A chat with Bill Challis -- Doc Cheatham: "First trumpet player" -- The Jim Cullum Jazz Band: a present-day phenomenon -- Eddy Davis -- A remembrance of Wild Bill Davison -- Reminiscing with Dolly Dawn -- Vic Dickenson -- Al Duffy: the forthright fiddler from Brooklyn -- Pee Wee Erwin: an obituary -- Chuck Folds -- Chris Griffin remembers -- Herb Hall and the Halls at home -- Major Holley -- Hobnobbing with Hutch [Clarence Hutchenrider] -- In the right place at the right time [Sonny Igoe] -- Jane Jarvis: jazz pianist -- A descant on Dillwyn [Dill Jones] -- George Masso: transcendent trombone -- Swinging in harmony: the story of the Merry Macs -- Johnny Mince: the master comes home -- Chauncey Morehouse: the Georgian from Niagara -- England's musical genius: Ray Noble -- Fred Norman: he made them all sound good -- Cork O'Keefe -- The piquant puzzle of Jack Pettis -- "Quiet Queener" [Charlie Queener] -- A portrait of Pee Wee [Russell] -- Tony Spargo: jazz pioneer and king of the kazoo -- Joe Tarto: "Titan of the tuba" -- A visit with Johnny Varro -- Joe Venuti -- Who? wait! where, when, and why [Don Watt] -- Dick Wellstood -- Jackie Williams -- Wayne Wright -- Talent: our untapped treasure.
Abstract Based on more than twenty years of interviews and a lifetime of knowledge, this book examines lesser known, but no less great jazz and swing musicians. This work captures the excitement and rapid musical innovations of the time between World War I and World War II, and records, in some cases for the first time, the lives and experiences of the hard-working musicians who made great jazz music possible.
General noteConsists principally of articles published 1974-1995 in jazz periodicals.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 98022173
ISBN081083524X (alk. paper)

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