DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC
- ISBN-10
- 1626165904
- ISBN-13
- 9781626165908
- Category
- Jazz
- Pages
- 217
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Authors
- Maurice Jackson, Blair A. Ruble
Description
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Poems -- Introduction -- 1 Jazz, "Great Black Music," and the Struggle for Racial and Social Equality in Washington, DC -- 2 Seventh Street: Black DC's Musical Mecca -- 3 Washington's Duke Ellington -- 4 Bill Brower: Notes from a Keen Observer and Scene Maker -- 5 Jazz Radio in Washington, DC -- 6 Legislating Jazz -- 7 The Beautiful Struggle: A Look at Women Who Have Helped Shape the DC Jazz Scene -- 8 No Church without a Choir: Howard University and Jazz in Washington, DC -- 9 From Federal City College to UDC: A Retrospective on Washington's Jazz University -- 10 Researching Jazz History in Washington, DC -- List of Contributors -- Photo Credits and Permissions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
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