At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene

At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Part One What Am I Here For? The Rules of My Jazz Odyssey......Page 28
1. Who Owns Jazz?......Page 30
2. My Debt to Artie Shaw......Page 32
3. The Family of Jazz......Page 33
4. Beyond the Process......Page 35
5. Playing Changes on Jazz Interviews......Page 37
Part Two In the Presence of Ellington......Page 40
6. Inside the Ellington Band......Page 42
7. Duke Ellington’s Posthumous Revenge......Page 44
8. Essentially Duke (and Wynton)......Page 45
9. Ellington’s Band Is Heavenly in These “Live” Forties Recordings......Page 47
Part Three Jazz Credentials......Page 50
10. Is Jazz Black Music?......Page 52
11. No One Else Sounded Like “Pee Wee” Russell......Page 54
12. Just Call Him Thelonious......Page 56
13. Remembering Dizzy......Page 61
14. Oscar Peterson: A Jazz “Behemoth” Moves On......Page 63
15. A Great Night in Providence for Jazz and Snow......Page 64
16. The Perfect Jazz Club......Page 66
17. Anita O’Day: The Life of a Music Legend......Page 68
18. The Music of the 1930s Is Back in Full Swing......Page 70
19. The Expansive Jazz Journey of Marian McPartland......Page 73
20. Going Inside Jazz with Wynton......Page 75
Part Four The Jazz Life On and Off the Road......Page 78
21. Memories Are Made of This: A Conversation with Clark Terry......Page 80
22. Man, I’m So Lucky to Be a Jazz Musician: Phil Woods......Page 87
23. Conventional Unwisdom about Jazz......Page 95
Part Five Who Is a Jazz Singer?......Page 98
24. Are Krall and Monheit Jazz Singers?......Page 100
25. Billie Holiday, Live: A Biography in Music......Page 101
26. This Daughter of Jazz Is One Cool Cat......Page 104
27. The Springtime of Frank Sinatra......Page 106
28. Sinatra Sings in Vegas, and You Are There......Page 108
29. She’s on the Road to Renown......Page 110
30. Bing and Guests Swing on the Air......Page 112
Part Six The Life Force of the Music......Page 116
31. The Joyous Power of Black Gospel Music......Page 118
32. The Healing Power of Jazz......Page 120
33. Old Country Jewish Blues and Ornette Coleman......Page 122
34. The Jewish Soul of Willie “The Lion” Smith......Page 124
Part Seven Finding the First Amendment Groove......Page 128
35. Satchmo’s Rap Sheet......Page 130
36. The Constitution of a Jazzman......Page 132
37. How Jazz Helped Hasten the Civil Rights Movement......Page 134
38. The Congressman from the Land of Jazz......Page 138
39. Jazz Musicians in the Public Square......Page 140
40. Quincy Jones—Past, Present and Future......Page 142
Part Eight Roots......Page 146
41. King Oliver in the Groove(s)......Page 148
42. Giants at Play......Page 150
43. Barrelhouse Chuck Goering Keeps the Blues Alive......Page 152
44. Jazz’s History Is Living in Queens......Page 154
45. Uncovering Jazz Trails......Page 157
46. Expanding the Map......Page 159
Part Nine The Survivors......Page 162
47. The Thoreau of Jazz......Page 164
48. A Living Memory of Dr. Art......Page 166
49. Barren Days......Page 167
50. Keeping Jazz—and Its Musicians—Alive......Page 169
51. In New Orleans, the Saints Are Marching In Again......Page 171
52. The Beating Heart of Jazz......Page 173
Part Ten The Regenerators......Page 176
53. Bridging Generations......Page 178
54. The Rebirth of the Hot Jazz Violin......Page 180
55. The Newest Jazz Generation......Page 182
56. Born in Israel......Page 184
57. Theo Croker Arrives......Page 185
58. The Ladies Who Swung the Band......Page 188
59. Nineteen-Year-Old Saxophonist Verifies Future of Jazz......Page 193
Part Eleven The Master Teachers......Page 196
60. A Complete Jazzman......Page 198
61. The Lifetime Teacher: Jon Faddis......Page 199
62. A House of Swing—for All Ages......Page 214
63. Inside the Jazz Experience: Ron Carter......Page 217
64. These Little Kids Think Coltrane Is Cool......Page 231
Epilogue: My Life Lessons from the Jazz “Souls on Fire”......Page 234
Credits......Page 244
Index......Page 248