CONTENTS:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Stylistic Evolution of Social Revolution?
Part One: College of Music: Coleman Hawkins and the Swing Era
1. Progress and the Bean
2. The Making of a Virtuoso
3. Out of Step with Swing
Part Two: Professionals After Hours: Young Black Musicians in the 1940s
4. Spitballs and Tricky Riffs
5. The Jazzman's True Academy
6. Wartime Highs and Lows
Part Three: Taking Advantage of the Disadvantage: Bop meets the Market
7. Showcasing the Real Stuff
8. The Rush to Record
9. Eckstine and Herman: A Contrast in Fortunes
10. Short Stay in the Sun
Epilogue: Unfinished Business
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Recordings Cited
Index

The British edition of this book, published by Pan, is now out of print.

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