The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2024
Place of publication: New York
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780358380436
Copyright date: 2024
First sentence: The bookend moments of Louis Armstrong’s early life are easy to identify.
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: vi; label: Preface
title: A Road Map
pagenum: ix; title: Jazzmen Chronology
pagenum: xv; title: Author's Note
pagenum: xix; label: Part I
title: Setting the Stage; label: 1
title: Satchmo's Battlefield
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Count's Shrouded Roots in Red Bank
pagenum: 17; label: 3
title: Duke's Capital Experience
pagenum: 24; label: Part II
title: Musical Lives; label: 4
title: Nightspots
pagenum: 37; label: 5
title: Life on the Rocky Road
pagenum: 62; label: 6
title: Getting There
pagenum: 73; label: 7
title: Setting the Themes
pagenum: 84; label: 8
title: The Language of Jazz
pagenum: 93; label: 9
title: On Center Stage
pagenum: 99; label: Part III
title: It's An Ensemble; label: 10
title: The Sidemen
pagenum: 115; label: 11
title: Side Women
pagenum: 130; label: 12
title: Managers and Mobsters
pagenum: 139; label: 13
title: Critical Audiences and Professional Critics
pagenum: 159; label: Part IV
title: Offstage; label: 14
title: Family Unfriendly
pagenum: 169; label: 15
title: Mistresses and Misogyny
pagenum: 186; label: 16
title: Keeping the Faith
pagenum: 198; label: 16
title: Cravings and Dependencies
pagenum: 204; label: 18
title: Toilet Truths, Food Fetishes, and Other Medical Matters
pagenum: 216; label: 19
title: Follow the Money
pagenum: 227; label: Part V
title: Race Matters; label: 20
title: Artists and Entertainers
pagenum: 237; label: 21
title: Resetting the Themes
pagenum: 247; label: 22
title: Breakthrough Battles
pagenum: 257; label: 23
title: Overseas Ambassadors
pagenum: 273; label: Part VI
title: Last Acts; label: 24
title: Long-Lived
pagenum: 289; label: 25
title: Last Days and Lasting Memories
pagenum: 303; label: Epilogue
title: Legacies
pagenum: 315; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 319; title: Notes
pagenum: 323; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 349; title: Index
pagenum: 383