The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Preface, V
Prologue, XV
1. No Beer — No Music, 1
2. Jack Laine and the "Potato" Men, 17
3. Chicago: The Cradle of Jass, 26
4. Jass and the Underworld, 39
5. New York and the Jass Revolution, 51
6. Tin Horns and Talking Machines, 63
7. The Strange Case of the "Livery Stable Blues," 75
8. Hot Licks and Cold Wax, 88
9. Jazzing the Draft, 108
10. The Silent Bandstand, 119
11. London: Spreading the Gospel, 124
12. At the Threshold of the Roaring Twenties, 140
13. Polar Bears and Red Hot Mammas, 156
14. The March of the Moralists, 171
15. Fin de Siècle, 181
16. The Lean Years, 190
17. The Comeback, 201
18. LaRocca and the Nine Young Men, 214
19. The Last Days of the Dixieland Five, 226
20. Syncopated Echoes, 244
Appendix: Table of Personnel, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 256
Index, 259