A diary of the underdogs
Subtitle: jazz 1960's San Francisco
By: by Don Alberts
Publisher: Chill House Publishers; Lulu.com
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [San Bruno, CA]; [Raleigh, NC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780557232703
Subjects: Social life and customs; Jazz; Anecdotes; Interviews; History and criticism; Jazz musicians; Counterculture; Biography; History
Other titles: Jazz in the 1960's in San Francisco
Description: "Historical documentation and perspectives on jazz music, the social and political music environment of the period of the 1960's in San Francisco told by local musicians with their stories and interviews"--Back cover.
Notes: "Third edition" [i.e., third printing].

Includes indexes (index of names; index of bands; index of photos; index of interviews).
Table of contents: title: Kennedy, America, the coming of change; title: Protest music : folk, rock and roll, the Beatles; title: Jazz, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, San Francisco clubs; title: Haight Ashbury, the LSD experience; title: The Both/And, national and local bands; title: The press, Ralph Gleason, strip clubs, hungry i; title: Who's playing where? (The districts); title: Carol Doda and the Condor Club; title: Chet Helms and the Family Dog, Bill Graham and the Fillmore; title: Black Hawk jazz club; title: The response; title: The neighborhood; title: Diversification, ethnic roots; title: Kerouac and Cassady; title: Interviews; title: Quotes; title: What is a jazz musician.