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9780520229839

Jazz on the Road

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520229839

  • ISBN10:

    0520229835

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

A biography of Creole jazz musician Don Albert (born Albert Anite Dominique), who lead a successful 'territory band' that was based in Texas, and later ran a nightclub of his own. Albert's life illuminates many aspects of the little-studied territory bands, and the business of jazz from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Author Biography

Christopher Wilkinson is Associate Professor in the Division of Music at the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
A Musical Education in Creole New Orleans
1(22)
West to Texas, the Southwest Frontier of Jazz: 1926-29
23(20)
Recording for Okeh and Brunswick: 1928-29
43(24)
Don Albert, Southwest Territory Bandleader: 1929-33
67(28)
Expanding the Territory: 1933-34
95(12)
To New York City and Back: 1935-36
107(32)
``America's Greatest Swing Band'' Records for Vocalion: 1936
139(28)
A National Band from the Southwest: 1937-39
167(36)
The Band's Final Year: 1940
203(8)
From Bandleader to Businessman: 1940-48
211(20)
The Second Keyhole, and a Fight for Social Justice: 1949-60
231(14)
Closing the Circle: 1960-80
245(28)
Essay on Sources 273(2)
Works Cited 275(6)
Index 281

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