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Jazz on the river / William Howland Kenney.

Author/creator Kenney, William Howland
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Descriptionx, 229 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Contents Masters of the river : Streckfus Steamers, Inc. and the "swan complex" -- Fate marable, musical professionalism, and the great migration -- Groovin' on the river : Louis Armstrong and riverboat culture -- From Beale Street to Market Street : music and movement through Memphis and St. Louis -- "Blue river" : Bix Beiderbecke and Jess Stacy on the Mississippi -- Steamin' to the end of the line : jazz on, along, and beyond the Ohio River -- Epilogue: the decline and fall of excursion boat jazz in St. Louis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-211) and index.
LCCN 2004015751
ISBN0226437337 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML3508 .K45 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold