FOREWORD BY BENNY CARTER
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 KID ORY AND THE REVIVAL ERA
Kid Ory
Kid Ory’s Legendary
Nordskog/Sunshine Recordings
Papa Mutt Carey
Buster Wilson
Andrew Blakeney
Ram Hall
Dink Johnson
Bud Scott
Joe Darensbourg
Ed “Montudie” Garland
Teddy Buckner
2 A PERSONAL VIEW OF THE MUSIC
Lieutenant Jim Europe’s Hellfighters—The 369th Infantry Jazz
Band
“I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate”
The First Recorded Hit of the Jazz Age
The World Premiere of “Rhapsody in Blue”
“Relaxin’ at the Touro”—Memories of Muggsy Spanier
Spud Murphy
A Memorable Jack Teagarden Record Date
The Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert—New Orleans, 1970
Dick Hyman’s Historic Direct-to-CD Recording Session
3 A PERSONAL VIEW OF THE MUSICIANS
Benny Carter
James P. Johnson
Brun Campbell and Scott Joplin
Rex Stewart’s Memories of Jelly Roll Morton
Anita Gonzales and the Untold Story of Jelly Roll Morton’s Last
Years
Johnny Guarnieri
I’m Just Wild about Eubie—Memories of Eubie Blake
Jess Stacy
Milt Hinton
Spiegle Willcox
Eddie Miller
Morty Corb
Barney Bigard
Wild Bill Davison
Rosy McHargue
Artie Shaw
Andy Razaf
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Coot Grant and Sox Wilson
The World’s Greatest Jazz Band
4 THE INFLUENCE OF NEW ORLEANS
MUSICIANS ON CLASSIC JAZZ
The Jazz Journey—From Lulu White’s Mahogany Hall to Carnegie
Hall
Papa Celestin and the Voodoo Queen
Danny Barker—The Jazz Troubadour
Lorenzo Tio, Jr., and the Clarinetists of the Crescent
City
Willie James Humphrey, Jr.
George Lewis
Alton Purnell
Bill Russell
5 THE GREAT LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Louis Armstrong’s Underrated Recordings during the Big-Band
Era
“Ambassador Satch” on the World Stage
A Sentimental Journey—Louis’ Funeral
6 JAZZ ON THE WEST COAST
Los Angeles in the Swing Era
The Palomar Ballroom Fire
The Firehouse Five and the Good Time Jazz Record Company
The Yerba Buena Jazz Band and the Jazz Man Label
Benny Strickler
Turk Murphy’s Final Triumph
I Remember Bob Scobey
Dave Dexter, Jr.
The Poor Angel Hot Jazz Society
Dick Cary’s Tuesday Night Band
7 UNSUNG HEROES
Pete Daily
Stew Pletcher
Sammy Lee
Pud Brown
Bob McCracken
Pat Gogerty
Rick Fay
8 THE SEVEN-YEAR CHALLENGE TO COMPLETE THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG
STATUE
A Fund Is Created in Old New Orleans
“For the Love of Louis,” by Ned Brundage
Bing Crosby to the Rescue
July 4, 1976
EPILOGUE
INDEX
Floyd Levin has been published in many magazines, including Down Beat, Jazz Journal International,and American Rag. He has received several awards for his work, most recently the Leonard Feather Communicator Award given annually by the Los Angeles Jazz Society. He was voted Number One Jazz Journalist in a recent readers' poll in the Mississippi Rag.
"Levin is an engaging writer and met personally and wrote frequently about the musical legends who shaped jazz in America before and shortly after World War II. The collection is anecdotally rich.... Very worthwhile."-Booklist; "Offers good essays on lesser-known artists."-Library Journal; "Delightful and fascinating. Dozens of rare pictures (many by Levin) fill out this volume, which is obviously a labor of love and fine reading."-San Francisco Chronicle; "[A] fine addition to any collection on jazz."-Charlotte Observer; "I've known Floyd and his wife Lucille for more than fifty years. Floyd's book is a colorful, intimate account of his lifelong love affair with jazz. I'm especially facinated when he writes about his personal encounters with some of the jazz legends of the Century. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about jazz - its present, its past, and his evolution."-Milt Hinton
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