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Swingin' on Central Avenue : African American Jazz in Los Angeles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (375 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780810888333
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Swingin' on Central AvenueDDC classification:
  • 781.6509794/94
LOC classification:
  • ML3508.8.L7V33 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Andrew "Andy" Blakeney -- 2 Gideon Joseph "Gid" Honoré Jr. -- 3 George Robert Orendorff -- 4 Nathaniel Jack "Monk" McFay -- 5 Floyd Payne Turnham Jr. -- 6 Betty Hall Jones -- 7 McLure "Red Mack" Morris -- 8 Caughey Wesley Roberts II -- 9 Chester C. Lane -- 10 Isadore Leonidas "Monte" Easter -- 11 William King "Billy" Hadnott -- 12 Norman "Norm" Leland Bowden -- 13 John Richard "Streamline" Ewing -- 14 Charles L. "Chuck" Thomas Jr. -- 15 Jesse John Sailes -- 16 "Red" Minor William Robinson -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography and Source Materials -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Through their own words, Vacher tells their story in Los Angeles, offering along the way a close look at the role the black musicians union played in their lives while also taking on jazz historiography's comparative neglect of these West Coast players.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Andrew "Andy" Blakeney -- 2 Gideon Joseph "Gid" Honoré Jr. -- 3 George Robert Orendorff -- 4 Nathaniel Jack "Monk" McFay -- 5 Floyd Payne Turnham Jr. -- 6 Betty Hall Jones -- 7 McLure "Red Mack" Morris -- 8 Caughey Wesley Roberts II -- 9 Chester C. Lane -- 10 Isadore Leonidas "Monte" Easter -- 11 William King "Billy" Hadnott -- 12 Norman "Norm" Leland Bowden -- 13 John Richard "Streamline" Ewing -- 14 Charles L. "Chuck" Thomas Jr. -- 15 Jesse John Sailes -- 16 "Red" Minor William Robinson -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography and Source Materials -- Index -- About the Author.

Through their own words, Vacher tells their story in Los Angeles, offering along the way a close look at the role the black musicians union played in their lives while also taking on jazz historiography's comparative neglect of these West Coast players.

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