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Contents
- Contents
- Foreword by Lewis Porter
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Part One. What Am I Here For? The Rules of My Jazz Odyssey
- 1. Who Owns Jazz?
- 2. My Debt to Artie Shaw
- 3. The Family of Jazz
- 4. Beyond the Process
- 5. Playing Changes on Jazz Interviews Part Two. In the Presence of Ellington
- 6. Inside the Ellington Band
- 7. Duke Ellington's Posthumous Revenge
- 8. Essentially Duke (and Wynton)
- 9. Ellington's Band Is Heavenly in These "Live" Forties Recordings Part Three. Jazz Credentials
- 10. Is Jazz Black Music?
- 11. No One Else Sounded Like "Pee Wee" Russell
- 12. Just Call Him Thelonious
- 13. Remembering Dizzy
- 14. Oscar Peterson: A Jazz "Behemoth" Moves On
- 15. A Great Night in Providence for Jazz and Snow
- 16. The Perfect Jazz Club
- 17. Anita O'Day: The Life of a Music Legend
- 18. The Music of the 1930s Is Back in Full Swing
- 19. The Expansive Jazz Journey of Marian McPartland
- 20. Going Inside Jazz with Wynton Part Four. The Jazz Life On and Off the Road
- 21. Memories Are Made of This: A Conversation with Clark Terry
- 22. Man, I'm So Lucky to Be a Jazz Musician: Phil Woods
- 23. Conventional Unwisdom about Jazz Part Five. Who Is a Jazz Singer?
- 24. Are Krall and Monheit Jazz Singers?
- 25. Billie Holiday, Live: A Biography in Music
- 26. This Daughter of Jazz Is One Cool Cat
- 27. The Springtime of Frank Sinatra
- 28. Sinatra Sings in Vegas, and You Are There
- 29. She's on the Road to Renown
- 30. Bing and Guests Swing on the Air Part Six. The Life Force of the Music
- 31. The Joyous Power of Black Gospel Music
- 32. The Healing Power of Jazz
- 33. Old Country Jewish Blues and Ornette Coleman
- 34. The Jewish Soul of Willie "The Lion" Smith Part Seven. Finding the First Amendment Groove
- 35. Satchmo's Rap Sheet
- 36. The Constitution of a Jazzman
- 37. How Jazz Helped Hasten the Civil Rights Movement
- 38. The Congressman from the Land of Jazz
- 39. Jazz Musicians in the Public Square
- 40. Quincy Jones--Past, Present and Future Part Eight. Roots
- 41. King Oliver in the Groove(s)
- 42. Giants at Play
- 43. Barrelhouse Chuck Goering Keeps the Blues Alive
- 44. Jazz's History Is Living in Queens ...
- 45. Uncovering Jazz Trails
- 46. Expanding the Map Part Nine. The Survivors
- 47. The Thoreau of Jazz
- 48. A Living Memory of Dr. Art
- 49. Barren Days
- 50. Keeping Jazz--and Its Musicians--Alive
- 51. In New Orleans, the Saints Are Marching In Again
- 52. The Beating Heart of Jazz Part Ten. The Regenerators
- 53. Bridging Generations
- 54. The Rebirth of the Hot Jazz Violin
- 55. The Newest Jazz Generation
- 56. Born in Israel
- 57. Theo Croker Arrives
- 58. The Ladies Who Swung the Band
- 59. Nineteen-Year-Old Saxophonist Verifies Future of Jazz Part Eleven. The Master Teachers
- 60. A Complete Jazzman
- 61. The Lifetime Teacher: Jon Faddis
- 62. A House of Swing--for All Ages
- 63. Inside the Jazz Experience: Ron Carter
- 64. These Little Kids Think Coltrane Is Cool Epilogue: My Life Lessons from the Jazz "Souls on Fire" Credits
- Index