Preface | p. ix |
A Note on Vernacular | p. xi |
Jelly Roll Morton | p. 1 |
John Casimir | p. 6 |
Frankie Newton | p. 10 |
Jack "Papa" Laine | p. 13 |
Bill Russell | p. 16 |
Mezz Mezzrow | p. 17 |
Bobby Hackett | p. 19 |
Alphonse Picou | p. 20 |
Irving Fazola | p. 23 |
Oran "Hot Lips" Page | p. 25 |
Tony Parenti | p. 41 |
Dan Burley | p. 46 |
Allan Jaffe | p. 50 |
Louis Prima | p. 52 |
Adrian Rollini | p. 54 |
Stephane Grappelle | p. 57 |
George Cvetkovich | p. 58 |
Sidney Bechet | p. 60 |
Tom Brown | p. 63 |
George Girard | p. 65 |
James P. Johnson | p. 68 |
Chris Burke | p. 70 |
Eddie Condon | p. 72 |
Bunny Berigan | p. 73 |
Alvin Alcorn | p. 75 |
Muggsy Spanier | p. 77 |
Wild Bill Davison | p. 79 |
Joe Mares | p. 95 |
Harry Truman | p. 98 |
Jack Teagarden | p. 101 |
Eubie Blake | p. 103 |
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band | p. 106 |
Armand J. Piron | p. 109 |
The Candy Man | p. 111 |
Bunk Johnson | p. 113 |
Edmond Souchon | p. 117 |
Pee Wee Spitlera | p. 120 |
Morten Gunnar Larsen | p. 122 |
Danny Barker | p. 122 |
George Baquet | p. 126 |
Louis Armstrong | p. 127 |
Knocky Parker | p. 130 |
Johnny Wiggs | p. 133 |
Jean Christophe Averty | p. 150 |
Eddie Miller | p. 152 |
Raymond Burke | p. 154 |
Spencer Williams | p. 157 |
Pierre Atlan | p. 159 |
Claude Luter | p. 163 |
W. C. Handy | p. 165 |
David Thomas Roberts | p. 167 |
Chink Martin | p. 170 |
Walter Bowe | p. 172 |
"Buglin' Sam" Dekemel | p. 174 |
Harry Shields | p. 176 |
Johnny St. Cyr | p. 178 |
Sharkey Bonano | p. 180 |
Armand Hug | p. 183 |
Earl "Fatha" Hines | p. 185 |
Gene Krupa | p. 202 |
The Exterminators: Pete Fountain and Al Hirt | p. 204 |
Dizzy Gillespie | p. 206 |
Miff Mole | p. 208 |
Clarence Williams | p. 211 |
The Dixieland Rhythm Kings | p. 214 |
The Brunies | p. 216 |
Paul Barbarin | p. 218 |
Neighborhoods | p. 220 |
Lagniappe | p. 222 |
Afterword | p. 244 |
Index | p. 247 |
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