Music at the crossroads
Subtitle: lives & legacies of Baltimore jazz
By: edited by Mark Osteen & Frank J. Graziano ; contributing editors, Matthew Blackburn ... [et al.].
Series: Aperio series: Loyola humane texts; Aperio series: Loyola humane texts
Publisher: Apprentice House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9781934074510
Subjects: Jazz; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pioneers. Eubie Blake : from Baltimore's bordellos to Broadway's bigshot / Jennifer Margaret Nordmark ; Chick Webb : coup in the kingdom of swing / Frank J. Graziano ; The singin', swingin' life and times of Cab Calloway / Matthew Blackburn ; Billie Holiday : a story of sorrow and success / Erin Bowman; title: Innovators. Ellis Larkins : poet of the piano / Bob Jacobson ; Ruby Glover & Ethel Ennis : the queens of Baltimore jazz / Liz Fixsen ; Hank Levy : giving jazz "a kick in the rear end" / Bob Jacobson ; Gary Bartz : blues chronicles / Geoffrey Himes ; Cyrus Chestnut : soul food / Geoffrey Himes; title: Legacies. Passing the axe : the Baltimore saxophone tradition / Eliot Caroom ; Pennsylvania Avenue : making the scene / Mary Zajac ; Jazz's longest running show : the Left Bank Jazz Society / Cathleen Carris ; Hard times for hard bop : Charm City's new jazz scene / Andrew Zaleski.