Jazz in New Orleans The Postwar Years Through

Jazz in New Orleans provides accurate information about, and an insightful interpretation of, jazz in New Orleans from the end of World War II through 1970.

Charles Suhor is currently a freelance consultant, writer, speaker, and musician in Montgomery, Alabama.

Timeline Charts

xi

Foreword

xiii

Dan Morgenstern

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xix

Discovering Myths, Reclaiming the Past

1

(16)

Section I. Jazz and the Establishment: From Flouting to Flaunting

17

(84)

Commercial and Cultural Victories for Traditional and Dixieland Jazz

49

(1)

Jazz and the New Orleans Press

50

(5)

The New Orleans Jazz Club: From Ragtime to Riches

55

(5)

Hello, Central, Give Me Doctor Jazz: Edmond Souchon

60

(4)

The Jazz Museum

64

(4)

The Jazz Archive at Tulane

68

(3)

The Stage Band Movement at Loyola---Or, How to Start a Revolution While Really Trying Not To

71

(4)

Jazzfest 1968: Review

75

(10)

Jazzfest 1969: Preview

85

(6)

Jazzfest 1969: Review

91

(7)

New Orleans Farewell: Louis Armstrong

98

(3)

Section II. ``Revivals'' Beaucoup: Traditional, Dixieland, and Revivalist Jazz

101

(91)

Highlights of the Popular Revival in New Orleans, 1947-1953

159

(1)

The Dukes of Dixieland: A Jazz Odyssey

160

(5)

Pete Fountain

165

(4)

Al Hirt in Perspective

169

(4)

Armand Hug: The Making of a Legend

173

(4)

Raymond Burke and Art Hodes in Concert: Review

177

(2)

Preservation Hall: New Orleans Rebirth

179

(3)

The Last Rites of a Jazzman: George Lewis

182

(2)

A Festival for a Funeral?

184

(3)

New Orleans Jazz---With a Foreign Accent

187

(5)

Section III. An Invisible Generation: Early Modern Jazz Artists

192

(99)

Highlights of Early Modern Jazz in New Orleans, 1945-1970

250

(1)

New Jazz in the Cradle, Part I

251

(4)

New Jazz in the Cradle, Part II

255

(4)

The Problems of Modern Jazz in New Orleans

259

(3)

Jazz Off Bourbon Street

262

(3)

Buddy Prima Trio: Review

265

(2)

Modern Jazz Pioneers in New Orleans: A Symposium

267

(24)

Appendix 1. The Jazz Scene: Four Cross Sections

291

(14)

Appendix 2. Early Modern Jazz Musicians in New Orleans, 1945-1960

305

(4)

Bibliography

309

(6)

Index

315

(14)

About the Author

329

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Jazz in New Orleans The Postwar Years Through 1970

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