Really the blues
By: Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe ; introduction by Ben Ratliff
Contributors: Wolfe, Bernard, 1915-1985, author; Ratliff, Ben, writer of supplementary textual content
Series: New York Review Books classics; New York Review Books classics
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781590179451
Subjects: Biography; Jazz musicians
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1946.

Includes index.

"Glossary": pages 392-401.
Table of contents: title: Book one (1899-1923) : A nothin' but a child. Don't cry, Ma ; Not too far tangent ; The Band House, The Band House ; Quit foolin' with that comb; title: Book two (1923-1928) : Chicago, Chicago. They found the body in a ditch ; Them first kicks are a killer ; Tea don't do you that way ; Got the heebies, got the jeebies ; Forgottenest man in town; title: Book three (1928-1935) : The Big Apple. If you can't make money ; Vo-do-de-o and a Minsky pizzicato ; Tell a green man something ; Once more, again, and another time ; Tough scuffle, Mezzie ; Crawl 'fore you can walk; title: Book four (1935-?) : Basin Street is the street. God sure don't like ugly ; Out of the gallion; title: Appendices. 1. New Orleans and Chicago : the root and the branch ; 2. Translation of the jive section ; 3. A note on the Panassié recordings ; 4. Glossary.