Tuxedo Junction - Right Back Where I Belong
- ISBN-10
- 1938667123
- ISBN-13
- 9781938667121
- Category
- African American jazz musicians
- Pages
- 212
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-01
- Author
- Carol P. Ealons
Description
Dancing and relaxing was the purpose of what was then called the Tuxedo Junction Dance Hall. In the early part of the 20th century, the Nixon Building, as it is known today, was the "place to go" for the African American population in the western section of Birmingham, Alabama. It should also be recognized for one man, John T. "Fess" Whatley, who trained some of the greatest and most talented jazz musicians in the world. This book introduces one of the masters of jazz, a man who declined fame and remained a teacher, molding some of the best jazz and swing musicians of his era.--Publisher.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Jazz: A Regional Exploration
By Scott YanowHERBIE HANCOCK Herbie Hancock already had a strong name in jazz before he joined Miles Davis in 1963 , having composed " Watermelon Man " and recorded his own albums for Blue Note . While with Davis , he continued to grow , finding a ...
-
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
By Terry Teachout$2,500 a night: Anderson 1. "A show-business invasion": Anderson 2. "I don't need no rehearsals": "Satchmo Comes Back," Time, September 1, 1947. "Louis Armstrong had forsaken the ways of Mammon": Ibid. "At first it was going to be two ...
-
Frank Foster, a Jazz Master: An Autobiography
By Frank FosterFrank Foster, a Jazz Master: An Autobiography
-
Tuxedo Junction: Right Back where I Belong
By Carol Pratt EalonsThis book introduces one of the masters of jazz, a man who declined fame and remained a teacher, molding some of the best jazz and swing musicians of his era.--Publisher.
-
Bud, Not Buddy
By Christopher Paul CurtisTen-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
-
Jazz Images by Francis Wolff
This book compiles more than 150 Francis Wolff photos of jazz stars, most of which are published here for the very first time. It also includes a special introduction by renowned music historian Ashley Kahn.
-
Sonny Rollins: Improvisation und Protest : Interviews
By Jim Hall, Christian BroeckingSonny Rollins: Improvisation und Protest : Interviews
-
¿Quién fue Louis Armstrong?
By Yona Zeldis McDonoughIf not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician.
-
Trombone Shorty
By Troy Andrews"Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high.