American musicians II: seventy-two portraits in jazz /
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New York :
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1996.
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Table of Contents:
- Panassié, Delaunay et Cie (Hughes Panassié and Charles Delaunay)
- For the comfort of the people (Joe "King" Oliver)
- Ferdinand La Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton)
- Le grand Bechet (Sidney Bechet)
- The blues is a slow story (Henry "Red" Allen)
- New York drummers (Tommy Benford, Freddie Moore, Sonny Greer)
- Starting at the top (Jabbo Smith)
- Light everywhere (Adolphous "Doc" Cheatham)
- Fats (Fats Waller)
- In the wilderness (Marie Marcus)
- Sunshine always opens out (Earl Hines)
- Out here again (Mary Lou Williams)
- Coleman Hawkins
- A good one-two (Jimmy McPartland)
- Davy Tough
- Even his feet look sad (Pee Wee Russell)
- More ingredients (Bobby Hackett)
- Hodes' blues (Art Hodes)
- Benny (Benny Goodman)
- Back from Valhalla (Jess Stacy)
- Whatever happened to Mel Powell?
- Big T (Jack Teagarden)
- Three tones (Vic Dickenson)
- Little jazz (Roy Eldridge)
- Big Sid (Sidney Catlett)
- The music is more important (Red Norvo)
- Art Tatum
- Wonder woman (Dorothy Donegan)
- You must start well and you must end well (Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt)
- Demi-centennial (Joe Bushkin)
- Super-drummer (Buddy Rich)
- First and last (Louis Bellson)
- Pres (Lester Young)
- Bird (Charlie Parker)
- Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie)
- A difficult instrument (Buddy DeFranco)
- Chanting with Buster (Jimmy Rowles)
- Like a family (Modern Jazz Quartet)
- Einfühlung (Ellis Larkins)
- Being a genius (Erroll Garner)
- Bob's your uncle (George Shearing)
- Zoot and Louise (Zoot Sims)
- The key of D is daffodil yellow (Marian McPartland)
- Super chops (Dave McKenna)
- The Westchester kids (Bob Wilber)
- Easier than working (Dick Wellstood)
- Aesthetic vitamins (Ruby Braff)
- A day with the Duke (Duke Ellington)
- Mingus at peace (Charles Mingus)-- A trombone mouth (Jimmy Knepper)
- Joe Wilder
- The answer is yes (Jim Hall)
- An insouciant sound (Paul Desmond)
- Here and abroad (Art Farmer)
- Herr Professor (Walter Norris)
- Poet (Tommy Flanagan)
- A walk to the park (Elvin Jones)
- Bright unison clarinets (Claude Thornhill)
- Ten levels (Lee Konitz)
- A true improviser (Warne Marsh)
- Good, careful melody (Michael Moore)
- A decent life (Gene Bertoncini)
- Ornette (Ornette Coleman)
- Cecil (Cecil Taylor).
