Title: Up from the cradle of jazz : New Orleans music since World War II /
Authors: Berry, Jason.; Jones, Tad.; Foose, Jonathan.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Musicians Louisiana New Orleans.; Jazz Louisiana New Orleans History and criticism; Rhythm and blues music Louisiana New Orleans History and criticism.; Popular music Louisiana New Orleans History and criticism.
Abstract: A history of New Orleans music in the four decades since World War II.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Prologue / Jason Berry -- Part one : Origins of New Orleans rhythm-and-blues -- Musical families : The founding tradition -- Professor Longhair : at the roots -- Antoine Domino : the fat man -- The lasties : a Ninth Ward family -- Part two : the flush years, 1954-1963 -- Club life -- Midnight rockers and sweethearts of the blues -- Huey "Piano" Smith and Guitar Slim -- Hail, hail, rock-and-roll -- Deejays and teen idols -- Allen Toussaint and the minit sound -- Part three : struggling out of the sixties -- Decline and exodus -- The new jazz and AFO -- Jazz and blues kept coming -- Piano players -- Dr. John's gumbo rock -- Allen Toussaint and the meters -- Part four : the Caribbean connection -- In search of the Mardi Gras Indians -- Willie Tee and the Wild Magnolias -- Big Chief Jolley and the Neville Brothers -- Epilogue : the cultural awakening / Jason Berry.