Classic Jazz a Personal View of the Music and the Musicians

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Foreword; preface; acknowledgments; introduction; 1 kid ory and the revival era; 2 a personal view of the music; 3 a personal view of the musicians; 4 the influence of new orleans musicians on classic jazz; 5 the great louis armstrong; 6 jazz on the west coast; 7 unsung heroes; 8 the seven-year challenge to complete the louis armstrong statue; epilogue; index.;Floyd Levin, an award-winning jazz writer, has personally known many of the jazz greats who contributed to the music's colorful history. In this collection of his articles, published mostly in jazz magazines over a fifty-year period, Levin takes us into the nightclubs, the recording studios, the record companies, and, most compellingly, into the lives of the musicians who made the great moments of the traditional jazz and swing eras. Brilliantly weaving anecdotal material, primary research, and music analysis into every chapter, Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians is a.