Come in and hear the truth : jazz and race on 52nd Street /
Burke, Patrick Lawrence.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First for the musicians, then for the world: the birth of Swing Street -- Let's have a jubilee: 52nd Street goes commercial -- Here comes the man with the jive: Stuff Smith -- A little law and order in my music: the John Kirby Sextet and Maxine Sullivan -- Swingin' down that lane: 52nd Street at the height of the swing era -- Making it into the big time: Count Basie, Joe Marsala, and "mixed" bands -- This conglomeration of colors: bebop comes to Swing Street -- Apples and oranges: 52nd street and the jazz war.
Jazz
Jazz
Music and race.