High Times, Hard Times

"...in the tradition of the best jazz autobiographies...a fascinating travelogue through the jazz world, filled with vivid images of Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday...Her prose is as hip as her music." -The New York Times Book Review

Foreword

11

(2)

Preface

13

(6)

Excess Baggage

19

(13)

Cutting Loose

32

(15)

Uptown

47

(23)

Walking on the Wild Side

70

(17)

Oh, For the Life of a Girl Singer

87

(28)

The Road that Leads to Fame . . .

115

(34)

Sometimes the Road Is Rocky

149

(15)

And You're Just Another Dame

164

(17)

Busted

181

(24)

Got the Name, Will Play the Game

205

(22)

What a Difference a Hit Makes

227

(21)

Hard Times

248

(26)

I'm Still Here

274

(24)

Epilogue

298

(3)

Appendix

301

(2)

Discography

303

(60)

Index

363

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