Title: The Jazzmen
Subtitle: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America
Description: This is the story of three revolutionary African American musicians, the maestro jazzmen who orchestrated the chords that throb at the soul of twentieth-century America.
Subjects: Jazz musicians--United States--20th century--Biography, African American jazz musicians--Biography, Jazz musicians--United States--Biography, Jazz--History and criticism
Places: Chicago, Kansas City (Missouri), New Orleans (Louisiana), New York City, Red Bank (New Jersey), Washington (D.C.)
People: Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), William “Count” Basie (1904–1984), Edward K. “Duke” Ellington (1899–1974)
Time periods: 1900–1984