Lost chords : white musicians and their contribution to jazz, 1915-1945 / Richard M. Sudhalter.
| Author/creator | Sudhalter, Richard M. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. |
| Description | xxii, 890 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Bands from Dixieland -- The New Orleans rhythm kings -- Emmett Hardy -- White New Orleans jazz in the 1920s -- White Chicago jazz, 1923-1926 -- Miff Mole and the original Memphis Five -- Red Nichols and his circle -- Adrian Rollini and the California Ramblers -- Revolutionaries from the suburbs -- Chicago jazz in the 1930s -- Bud Freeman and the tenor saxophone -- Dixieland -- The Jean Goldkette and Ben Pollack orchestras -- Casa Loma stomp -- Dorseys and Boswells -- The Bob Crosby Orchestra -- Bix Beiderbeck and some of his friends -- Frank Trumbauer: the divided self -- Jack Purvis -- Bunny Berigan -- Guitars, solo and in combination -- Benny Goodman -- Artie Shaw (1): matchless music -- Artie Shaw (2): time and change -- Bobby Hackett: making it sing -- Red Norvo and Mildred Bailey (1): early Careers -- Red Norvo and Mildred Bailey (2): Mr. and Mrs. Swing -- Pee Wee Russell and Jack Teagarden. |
| Abstract | This book is trumpeter-historian Richard M. Sudhalter's definitive tribute to a pioneering generation of white jazz players, many of whom have been unjustly forgotten or neglected. While never scanting the role of the great black innovators and soloists, this provocative account challenges the contention of numerous jazz critics that white players have contributed little of substance to the music. This volume offers an exhaustively documented, vividly narrated history of white jazz contribution in the vital years 1915 to 1945. Beginning in New Orleans, the author takes the reader on a fascinating multicultural odyssey through the hot jazz gestation centers of Chicago, New York, Indiana, and Texas, examining bands such as the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, the Original Memphis Five, and the Casa Loma Orchestra. Readers will find luminous accounts of many key soloists, including Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Red Norvo, Bud Freeman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bunny Berigan, Pee Wee Russell, and Artie Shaw, among others. Along the way, he gives due credit to Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, and countless other major black figures. |
| Local note | Little-321417--305131019667% |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 749-842) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 97042470 |
| ISBN | 0195055853 (acid-free paper) |