The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band more than a century of a New Orleans icon

The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band : more than a century of a New Orleans icon / Sally Newhart.

Author/creator	Newhart, Sally
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Charleston, SC : History Press, 2013.
Description	221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subject(s)	Celestin, Papa, 1884-1954. French, Papa. French, Bob, 1937-2012. Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra--History. Jazz musicians--Louisiana --New Orleans. Jazz--Louisiana --New Orleans --History and criticism.

Contents	Oscar "Papa" Celestin -- William "Bebe" Ridgley -- New Orleans music culture -- Murder at the Tuxedo Dance Hall -- Tuxedos for the Tuxedo Jazz Band -- Louis Armstrong -- The Tuxedo Brass Band -- Jazz travels by riverboat -- The band, baseball and Texas -- The first recordings : 1925 -- The Ridgley-Celestin split -- Celestin and the American Federation of Musicians Local 496, colored -- Recording sessions : 1926-1928 -- The depression and war years -- Comeback : 1940-1950s -- On the docks and at the White House -- Celestin's last years -- Two leaders : Eddie Pierson and Sarah Celestin : 1954-1958 -- Albert Joseph "Papa" French : 1958-1977 -- Robert Thomas "Bob" French Sr. : 1977-2011 -- Recording and touring and New Orleans -- Adjusting after Hurricane Katrina -- The centennial year : 2010 -- Gerald "The Giant" French -- Epilogue.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013007364
ISBN	9781626190078
ISBN	1626190070

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